Indonesia to relocate residents or move fuel facility after deadly fire

People react as they visit a neighbourhood that's been affected after a fire broke out last night at a fuel storage station operated by Indonesia's state energy company Pertamina, in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 4, 2023. - Reuters

JAKARTA, March 5 (Reuters): Indonesia will relocate residents living near a fuel-storage fire that killed 16 people or remove the depot owned by state energy company Pertamina to a safer location, President Joko Widodo said on Sunday.

The decision will rest with State-Owned Enterprise Minister Erick Thohir, Pertamina and Jakarta Governor Heru Budi Hartono, he said, adding that no one can live near the facility.