Residents Hear 2 Explosions In Plumpang Depot, The Last Hardest

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JAKARTA - One of the residents around the Plumpang Depo Pertamina admitted that he heard two explosions related to the intense fire, Friday, March 4 yesterday. The last one sounded the loudest.

One of those who told this was Iskandar. The man who is now evacuating to Pulogadung admitted that he heard two explosions.

"I heard about it twice. There was a explosion twice," Iskandar told VOI, Saturday, March 4.

"The first time I didn't sound, because my house is behind," he continued.

"Then the second explosion when it died I ran away," he said again.

One of the residents of Jalan Tanah Merah Bawah, Koja, North Jakarta, who was the victim of the Pertamina Plumpang depot fire, Hadi (30). He had fled when he heard the first explosion at the depot.

"My sister (Hadi) ran away with another family during the first explosion at the Pertamina depot," said Hadi's sister-in-law, Siti Maimunah at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta, as reported by Antara.

However, Hadi returned to the house to take the items that were left behind. But unlucky, in the second, bigger explosion, Hadi never came out.

"Maybe I've inhaled the smell of gasoline, making Hadi weak," said Siti.

Siti explained that when the incident occurred, Hadi was watching TV at his rented house which was adjacent to the Pertamina depot.

"The top is only a wall with a Pertamina depot," he said.