Demak Mranggen Fertilizer Factory Fires, Very Big Fire

DEMAK - A fertilizer factory in Mranggen, Demak, Central Java was hit by a fire tonight. There was a huge fire in the area.

A fire broke out in one of the factory buildings. The fire brigade team is already on the scene putting out the fire.

Demak Police Chief AKBP Budi Adhy Buono said there were only two fire engines at the Mranggen fertilizer factory. Access to the fire engine is said to have stalled due to the construction of a bridge in the direction of the fire location.

"Now there are only two firefighters that can enter," he said, quoted from Kompas TV's Breaking News broadcast, Thursday, July 21.

According to the Police Chief, there are 3 fire engines and 2 tank cars that are heading to the location of the Mranggen fertilizer factory fire. The police made an escort so that the speed of the fire engine was not hampered.

"There is a hospital behind the fertilizer factory building, the patient's family panicked to take the patient out, but the hospital has calmed down," he said.