Tanker catches fire, one injured

Tanker catches fire, one injured

PEKANBARU, Riau: A tanker belonging to state oil and gas company
PT Pertamina caught fire on Tuesday morning in the company's
depot in Sungai Duku area, Pekanbaru.

No fatalities were reported in the incident, but one member of
the crew, Triyono, had to be admitted to hospital due to severe
burns.

Gandi Sriwidodo, the chief of PT Pertamina's Pekanbaru
marketing office, said that the fire came from a machine on the
ship's bow. Triyono quickly tried to put out the fire, but
unfortunately he was burned, said Gandi. -- JP