Massive fire at Indonesia military complex extinguished
- Indonesian firefighters managed to put out the blaze that erupted in a part of the facility used to store expired ammunition
- No one was reported to have died or injured in the incident
A massive fire at an ammunition depot near Indonesia’s capital was extinguished early on Sunday and the military was sweeping nearby residential areas to collect materials that had possibly flown out during explosions, a military official said.
The fire broke out on Saturday at a military ammunition depot in Bogor, on the outskirts of Jakarta, at around 6.30pm (local time), causing a series of loud explosions and sending flames and smoke into the night sky. The military said no one was killed or injured.
The blaze was extinguished at around 3.45am on Sunday, said Mohammad Hasan, the military commander for Jakarta.
“We are investigating the area around the location and we’re going to comb and clean materials that were thrown out of the depot,” Hasan told reporters near the site.
The military did not describe the objects but warned residents not to touch them as they could be dangerous.
Footage broadcast by local network KompasTV showed orange flames and billowing clouds of smoke rising into the night sky, while loud explosions could be heard from several kilometres away.