Oil pipe goes up in flames

In the heat: Firefighters tackling the blaze at the pipeline belonging to state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina in South Cimahi, West Java. — The Jakarta Post/ANN

Jakarta: An underground oil pipe belonging to state-owned energy company Pertamina erupted into flames 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 a railway project during the accident.