Tugboat fire kills one, injures six

Tugboat fire kills one, injures six

INDONESIA: An explosion occurred on a tugboat carrying kerosene
and gasoline on Friday on the Indragiri River in Indragiri Hilir
regency, Riau, leaving one crew member dead and six others
seriously injured.

Gandi Sri Widodo, head of state oil and gas company PT
Pertamina's Pekanbaru marketing office, confirmed the incident on
Saturday, saying that the company lost the tugboat and dozens of
tons of gasoline and kerosene in the incident, which cost the
company Rp 2 billion (US$212,765).

The fire was caused by an explosion in a large fuel tank on
the tugboat. Police are looking into the incident.-- JP