Fire hits LPG station near residential area of Indonesia's Bekasi regency, 12 injured, agency says


Smoke billows behind a building after a fire broke out at a liquefied petroleum gas filling station near a residential area, in Bekasi, Indonesia, April 1, 2026, in this screengrab from video obtained from social media. @AnaknyaKimSabu via X/via REUTERS

JAKARTA, April ⁠2 (Reuters) - A fire broke ⁠out at a liquefied ‌petroleum gas filling station near a residential area in Indonesia's Bekasi ​regency, east of the ⁠capital Jakarta, ⁠injuring at least 12, state ⁠news agency ‌Antara said on Thursday, citing ⁠the local disaster mitigation agency.

A raging ​fire ‌late on Wednesday turned ⁠the night ​sky orange, local news channels reported.

Antara cited Idham ⁠Kholid, a disaster mitigation ​official in Bekasi, as saying that there were no deaths ⁠from the incident but 12 people suffered from injuries. Some houses and vehicles ​were also damaged, ⁠Idham said.

The cause of ​the fire remained ‌unclear.

(Reporting by Bernadette ​Christina and Stanley Widianto; Editing by David Stanway)

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