JAKARTA - The Public Refueling Station (SPBU) Jalan MT Haryono, caught fire on Tuesday, December 1 afternoon. This fire is thought to have been caused by an electrical short circuit.
"The temporary investigation is that a gas station car is filling up at 09.00 WIB, but because the gas station has shut down, the power has just been turned on at 11.30 WIB. It turns out that the pump filling tool has sprinkled," said South Jakarta Police Chief Kombes Pol Budi Sartono in Jakarta as reported by Antara, Tuesday , 1 December.
The spark ignited a fire in the pump filling device until the fire appeared in the pump, including some of the tanker cars.
The gas station staff immediately extinguished it with a light fire extinguisher (fire extinguisher) in the burning area. In addition, the blackout was also assisted by a fleet of pumps belonging to the South Jakarta Fire and Rescue Sub-Department.
"So, the fire at the filling device pump from the car to the tank," said Budi.
However, Budi will confirm the report through an investigation by the Forensic and Laboratory Center (Puslabfor) and ask for information from a number of related parties.
"The South Jakarta Metro Police has installed a police line, then it will ask witnesses for testimony and while we are waiting for Puslabfor to confirm the cause of this fire," he said.
The police have also coordinated with PT Pertamina and all employees who were eye witnesses to the incident to reveal the exact cause of the incident.
"We have coordinated, they (Pertamina) will fully cooperate with the police. They will provide the information needed by the police," he said.
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