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Firefighters tackle huge blaze at palm oil warehouse in Indonesia

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Dozens of Padang City Indonesian firefighters have had to fight hard to extinguish fires that burned palm oil storage warehouses and rubber latex exports in the Pampangang area of ​​Padang City. The amount of flammable material, causing blackouts can only be done for 10 hours.
During the blackout, the officers had to struggle with heat from the big flames, behind their work wages. From the warehouse flowed oil covering the entire location. Apart from causing the hose of the fire water pipe to be covered in oil, the uniforms and faces of the officers were also covered in oil. This of course makes them overwhelmed, because the temperature will be felt to increase. Moreover, the smoke from the fire also steals violently and disrupts breathing.

The one in the video or who did the extinguishing was the firefighters from the Padang Fire Department, who were between 25 and 50 years old.

The fire occurred in a warehouse owned by PT. Incasi Raya, in the By Pass Road Area, Pampangan Lubuk Begalung District, Padang City, West Sumatra Province, Indonesia

The fire incident began at six in the morning, April 23, 2018. A new fire could be extinguished after 10 hours of flaring. It took a hard struggle to put out the fire

The fire was allegedly caused by a short circuit in the warehouse. The police had an investigation, but until now the police have not announced the exact cause of the fire.

There were no casualties in this incident, but at least six firefighters were reported to have sustained injuries and shortness of breath, and received light treatment. The material loss due to the fire was claimed to have reached a dozen billion rupiahs, while the smoke from fires was also seen up to ten kilometers. The severity of the fire also caused a number of residents who lived around the warehouse to flee their homes.

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