A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday, injuring 20 people and prompting the evacuation of nearly 1,000 residents, officials said.
The fire erupted just after midnight (1800 GMT) during a thunderstorm, said Ifky Sukarya, spokesperson for PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional, a subsidiary of the state-owned energy giant Pertamina.
“The cause of the fire is still unknown, but at that time it was raining hard accompanied by lightning,” he said. “We are focusing on extinguishing the fire.”
A total of 20 people were injured, including five…
