Plumpang Pyrotechnics

A storage tank at Pertamina’s largest fuel depot went up in flames. The police suspect a technical error and a safety system failure.

January 27, 2009

IT’S never been that easy to get to sleep quickly in the Tanah Merah Atas neighborhood. And this was certainly the case on Sunday two weeks ago. Even though it was rather cloudy and overcast, many of the residents of this neighborhood located in Tugu subdistrict, Koja, North Jakarta, were still up and about. There were still some people watching television as well. One of these was Usman, 47.

Suddenly, at around 9:30pm, the sound of an enormo

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