Food price inflation is sparking concern around the world, but in Indonesia it's causing a cooking oil shortage and desperate scenes when a truck of the stuff overturned on Tuesday 29 March.

The food oil tanker overturned on in Muktisari Village, Cipaku District, Ciamis Regency in West Java, at around 2:15pm local time.

Around 14,000 litres (3,698 US gallons) of the stuff was being carried by the lorry at the time and much of it spilled onto the road and a storm drain beside it.

The crew on board were badly hurt and remain so despite being treated at the Cipaku Health Centre, but locals seemed more concerned about the opportunity to get some free oil amid a nationwide shortage.

They resorted to scooping the golden brown liquid out of the drainage ditch beside the road.

The buckets and jerry cans into which they poured the salvaged oil then became bones of contention as they argued over how to divide their contents.

Video by: Citizen/Derauvisual

In the midst of a shortage of cooking oil, a tanker truck carrying bulk cooking oil Nopol Z 9756 TA overturned on Jalan Raya Ciamis Kawali Km 9-10, Cikadal Block, Warungjarak Hamlet, Muktisari Village, Cipaku District, Ciamis Regency, Tuesday 29 March 2022 at around 14.15 WIB.

As a result of this accident, the tank crew was in critical condition after previously receiving treatment at the Cipaku Health Center. In addition, 14,000 liters of bulk cooking oil transported by tanker trucks spilled onto the road. The video of the incident went viral on social media.

The spilled bulk cooking oil from the tanker truck also flowed into the ditch beside the road, some of which became a bone of contention for local residents using buckets and jerry cans.

Video by : Citizen/Derauvisual