Fire engulfs fuel depot, houses

Fire engulfs fuel depot, houses

BOGOR (JP): Fire engulfed a large fuel oil depot, five houses
and two cars in Gunung Putri, Bogor, on Saturday, with total
losses estimated at about Rp 50 million (approximately US$6,600),
residents of Gunung Putri said on Sunday.

The blaze, lasting nearly four hours, started when a fuel
tanker parked inside the depot's compound caught fire. The fire
spread to the hundreds of fuel oil barrels located in the
compound.

"Luckily, no one was killed in the fire," a resident who lives
in front of the depot told The Jakarta Post.

He said the fuel depot, built in 1996, caused many problems in
the area. Residents reportedly complained to the police about the
depot, operated by PT Darma Putra Sejati, because its tankers
allegedly spilled oil in the neighborhood and its underground
storage caused contamination of local wells.

The Gunung Putri Police chief and the depot owner could not be
reached for comment on Sunday afternoon. (41/04)