However, we are facing a slight problem, that is the changing wind direction and causing the fire spread to tank 31 T-3 which was located next to the burning tankJakarta (ANTARA News) - PT Pertamina President Director Karen Agustiawan on Saturday came to Cilacap, Central Java, to personally monitor the efforts to extinguish a fire that broke out at a fuel tank at the company`s Refinery Complex.
"The president director came to the Cilacap refinery location to directly monitor the fire extinguishing efforts," said a Pertamina spokesman M. Harun here on Saturday.
Fire on T31.02 tank with a capacity of 10,487 kiloliters is located in Cilacap refinery complex occurred on Saturday at around 4:55 local time.
The tank 31 T-02 contains of HOMC or High Octane Motor Gasoline Component that is used to increase the premium gasoline octane level which is the raw material for higher octane gasoline namely the Pertamax and Pertamax plus.
However, at about 14:50 local time, the HOMC tank fire was reported to have spread to other nearby fuel tanks.
Harun said that the state run oil and gas company is continuously trying to extinguish the fire.
"However, we are facing a slight problem, that is the changing wind direction and causing the fire spread to tank 31 T-3 which was located next to the burning tank," he said.
To overcome this, the company continues to increase the supply of foam, besides to emptying the contents of the tank.
"We also continued to prevent the spread of fire by using a water curtain to other nearby tanks," he said.
However, Pertamina has confirmed that the tank fire at the Cilacap refinery does not interrupt the fuel distribution and production line.
There were no casualties reported from the fire incident and currently Pertamina is still investigating the cause of the fire.(*)
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