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Construction mishap triggers Pertamina oil pipe fire in West Java: Jasa Marga
“The fire was caused by the bored pile of [train developer] Kereta Cepat Indonesia China [KCIC] hitting Pertamina’s fuel pipe,” said Jasa Marga in a statement issued on Tuesday.
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Firefighters tackle a blaze at a pipeline belonging to state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina in South Cimahi, West Java, on Oct. 22. (JP/Arya Dipa)
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n underground oil pipe belonging to state-owned energy company Pertamina erupted into flames on Tuesday afternoon beside a toll road near Bandung in West Java, due to a construction mishap, according to the toll road’s operator, state-owned company Jasa Marga.
The incident claimed one victim, identified as Li Xuan Feng, a heavy machinery operator with PT Mingshun Construction, who was working on railway project during the accident.
“The fire was caused by the bored pile of [train developer] Kereta Cepat Indonesia China [KCIC] hitting Pertamina’s fuel pipe,” said Jasa Marga in a statement issued on Tuesday.
Jasa Marga responded to the fire, which started at 2:00 p.m. near the construction site of the Jakarta–Bandung high speed railway, by redirecting traffic on the Purbaleunyi toll road until 5:38 p.m., by which time the fire was extinguished. The fire occurred near Kilometer 130 on the Padaleunyi section of the toll road in South Cimahi.
West Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Rudy Sufahriadi told Antara news agency that authorities “suspect a worker impaled a hard object on the ground and hit Pertamina’s [oil] pipe.”
The 12-inch diameter pipe, buried up to 5 meters underground, was channeling Pertamina Dex-brand diesel from a fuel facility at Ujung Berung regency in the east to Padalarang regency in the west, bypassing Bandung city, says a Pertamina spokeswoman.
Pertamina and KCIC said in separate statements that they were still investigating the cause of the fire.
