UAE offers condolences over victims of fuel depot fire in Indonesia

04 March 2023

Firefighters try to extinguish the fire in a residential area near a burning fuel depot in Jakarta on March 3, 2023. The fire occurred at the Pertamina Plumpang fuel depot, North Jakarta, on Friday (3/3) night, resulting in 18 deaths and several others were injured, police officers and rescue workers said. North Jakarta Metro Police Chief Comr. Gidion Arif Setiawan said efforts to search for other victims were still being carried out at the accident location. (Xinhua/Dwi Aqilasyah)

It was reported that 18 people have died in the fire engulfing a fuel depot belonging to Indonesia’s state-owned oil/gas company Pertamina. The conflagration occurred on Friday (March 3) at around 8 p.m. local time.

Jakarta (Indonesia Window/WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the Republic of Indonesia over the victims of the fuel depot fire in the capital, Jakarta, which resulted in the death and injury of dozens of people.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) expressed its sincere condolences to the government and people of Indonesia and to the families of the victims of this tragedy, as well as its wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured.

It was reported that 18 people have died in the conflagration of a fuel depot belonging to the state-owned oil/gas company Pertamina, that occurred on Friday (March 3) at around 8 p.m. local time.

The fire was extinguished at early this morning on Saturday (March 4).

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