Hundreds of houses damaged by oil fire

Hundreds of houses damaged by oil fire

CILACAP, Central Java: A total of 589 houses were damaged due
to their proximity to the seven oil storage tanks belonging to
the state-oil company Pertamina, which were set ablaze recently.

A spokesman at the Cilacap regency said the residents of the
villages of Donan, Lomanis and Tambakrejo suffered Rp 71 million
in losses (approximately US$31,374).

In addition, a total of 732 wells have also been polluted by
the disaster, forcing the locals to seek other sources of clean
water, Soeprihono was quoted by Antara as saying.

Thousands of residents were evacuated from their homes when
the oil storage tanks were set ablaze after one of them was hit
by a lightning bolt late last month. The material losses of the
tanks alone are estimated at Rp 28 billion (US$12.27 million).
(swe)