Finding the Cause of the Fire

CCTV footages reveal the origins of a fire that broke out at the Pertamina Plumpang fuel depot. The National Counterterrorism Agency is looking into the possibility of sabotage.

Retno Sulistyowati

March 13, 2023

AFTER a night of heavy rain, closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at the Pertamina Plumpang fuel depot on the border of Koja and Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta, captured video of a worker entering the shelter area for receiving fuel. He was setting up the filling junction leading to the tank that would receive the Pertamax fuel sent from a Pertamina refinery in Balongan, Indramayu, West Java.

Four minutes later, two other workers arrived ove

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