SUKOHARJO - The Mitsubishi L300 car caught fire while refueling the engine (BBM) at the 44,575.25 Cuplik gas station, Bulakan Village, Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java.

Deputy Danregu Damkar Sukoharjo Agus Kariyadi said his party received a report related to the fire at 08.00 WIB.

After receiving the report, his party immediately dispatched 2 fire engines and a water supply car to extinguish the fire.

When the officers arrived at the location, according to him, the condition of the fire had grown.

The first effort, his party immediately checked the electricity at the location of the fire.

"After it was confirmed that there was no electricity, we immediately extinguished it for approximately half an hour," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, January 8.

He explained, when filling up fuel, suddenly an explosion occurred that caused a fire that spread to gas stations.

The starting point of the fire, said Agus, came from the car because there was an explosion when the car filled up fuel.

In the car, two drums were found which are currently under investigation by the police.

He confirmed that there were no casualties as a result of the fire.

Related to this incident, the gas station was temporarily closed because the fuel filling machine was also on fire.


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