Pertamina tanker, MT Kristin, carrying fuel, catches fire on the coast of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, March 26, 2023, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Ahmad Subaidi/via REUTERS
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Two crew members have died and one is missing after a fire broke out on an oil tanker carrying fuel to terminals on the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok, the state energy company Pertamina said in a statement late on Sunday.
The chartered vessel, MT Kristin, had 17 crew on board and was carrying 5,900 kilolitres of fuel when the fire started at 2:50 p.m. local time (0650 GMT) on Sunday.
