Oil tanker train catches fire

Sat, 24 Sep 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

A train carrying premium gasoline and kerosene caught fire in
Cepu district, Blora regency, Central Java, on Friday evening
after hitting an Isuzu Panther minivan at a railway crossing.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or people injured.
A marketer with the local unit of state oil and gas firm PT
Pertamina Heppy Wulansari said two or three tanks exploded before
the fire. The accident took place at around 6:30 p.m. at the
Ronggo Lawe railway crossing, some two kilometers from the Cepu
railway station.

The ill-fated train had nine tanks -- five
containing premium gasoline and four kerosene. Heppy said Cepu
could suffer fuel shortages due to the accident. "All financial
losses caused by the accident will be covered by PT KAI (state-
owned train operator)," she added. --JP

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