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One dead in Indonesian cooking oil factory fire

Nov 02, 2024

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 2: One person has died in a large fire at a cooking oil factory near the Indonesian capital Jakarta, with around 20 firefighting trucks at the site.
Footage from Metro TV showed large flames and billowing black smoke coming out of a building in the centre of the complex in Bekasi, a city on Jakarta's eastern edge.
The report said roads had been closed around the factory.
Haryanto, a firefighter who was at the factory complex, told Reuters that one person had been found dead at the site.
The factory is operated by PT Primus Sanus Cooking Oil Industrial (Priscolin), said Maswa, a staffer at the local fire department.
Source: Fijian Broadcasting Corporation

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