Help! Pertamina Plumpang Depot Fire Refugees Lack Of Drug Assistance

Evacuation locations at RPTRA Rasela (DOK VOI/Diah Ayu)

JAKARTA - RPTRA Rasela has become the location for the evacuation of residents affected by the Pertamina Plumpang Depot fire, North Jakarta with the largest number. The manager of RPTRA Rasela, Andi Tendru, said that residents in this refugee camp lacked stock of medicines. Andi said that residents currently really need medical assistance. Meanwhile, a number of donations distributed since yesterday have not distributed drugs. "The lack of logistics is medicine. We haven't received it since yesterday. We only accept it like eucalyptus oil. Headache drugs, like that, we haven't received them yet," Andi told reporters, Sunday, March 5. Andi estimates that the lack of drug donations for residents is due to the assumption that those who are sick can immediately seek treatment at the puskesmas. "Maybe he thought because we were close to the puskesmas, so if we were sick, we went straight to the puskesmas," he said. So far, no significant complaints have been reported by the refugees. The majority of them are still staying in refugee camps because they are still worried about the unsafe condition of their homes. "The complaints don't exist. However, at least they ask us, the manager, whether they can go home or not, it's safe or not. Just like that, really," said Andi. For information, the fire at Pertamina Plumpang Depot hit on Friday, March 3 at 20.11 WIB. The Pertamina gasoline pipe fire spread to a residence in Rawabadak Selatan Village, Koja District, North Jakarta. The fire was only extinguished on Saturday, March 4 at 02.19 WIB. As a result of this incident, 16 residents died. Then, 37 people are still receiving treatment in a number of hospitals. As of Sunday, March 5 at 06.00 WIB, 226 people were still displaced at the North Jakarta PMI Office and RPTRA Rasela. Some of the other refugees have returned to their respective homes. Until now, the exact cause of the pipe leak that resulted in the explosion is not yet known. The nominal loss is still calculated.