City raids LPG company after deadly explosions

JAKARTA: The city's industry and energy agency on Tuesday raided a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) canister firm and a gas filling tation in the wake of recent explosions allegedly caused by leakage of the gas.

According to beritajakarta.com, 25 officials raided gas canister company PT Bejana Kencana on Jl. Raya Bekasi in East Jakarta and the LPG filling station (SPBE) on Jl. Pegangsaan Dua in North Jakarta.

During the raid, they found all gas canisters have met the Indonesian National Standard (SNI).

Tuesday's raid toward the SPBE found out that 15,000 gas canisters are refilled every day with between 30 and 40 gas canisters are broken. - JP