Oil pipeline explosion, hundreds of elementary students fear

A Pertamina pipeline in Palembang City, Wednesday (26 / 8), exploded with a loud thump and spouted kobaaran fire.

Loud bang startled the 600-156 elementary school students who were learning to Palembang. Moreover, the fire was then burning the school toilets. In fact, almost snatched a classroom that is located three meters from the source of the explosion.

The incident happened just after 11:00 on Wednesday (26 / 8) morning. At that time, students are learning. Suddenly they were startled loud thumping sound. When he looked out a blast of fire is growing and has grabbed almost half of the toilets.


Cash, in an atmosphere of panic, the parents who had been sitting in front of the class pulled their children stay with their children out of class. Some students seemed to cry. The teachers were helter-skelter to save themselves. They got out the books and records of the office is important.

Through loudspeakers, Head of SDN 156 Palembang SPd Effendi urged teachers, students, and parents stay calm. A few minutes later, the school immediately cleared, while the fire continued to grow and cause explosions followed one after another.

No less than 15 minutes the fire had spread over nearly three meters the road. Even had touched the wall behind the school fence. Location grassy weeds and trees accelerate the rate of fire that continued to rise upwards.

Blackened smoke dominate the scene. Some students seemed to cry as she hugged her parents. About 10 minutes later a dozen fire trucks arrived on the scene.

A total of 60 personnel deployed firefighters put out the fire immediately. Rather than go out, when the water sprayed the blaze has strengthened. The longer growing, let alone a pool of crude oil to make a fire snapped grabbing each other. Officers had surrounded the pipe.

"It's a bit difficult because of the sparks coming from the inside oil pipes. We are also difficult because of the large pool of crude oil, so that the fire continued to grab, plus dry grass weeds and trees," said Abdul Wani Field Coordinator City firefighters Palembang.

Nearly half an hour, PBK team endeavored to extinguish the fire. After a siege of two directions, the oil can melt distop and finally succeeded in extinguished the fire.

Provisional estimates, said Abdul Wani, two pipes that allegedly belonged to Pertamina, which is embedded in the back yard is about three feet from the school buildings leak. The melt of crude oil was flooding the two ditch behind the school.

The leak was recognized Andi (25), residents around, going from six months ago. Puddle of crude oil that melts filled ditch school. Melt allegedly caused sparks to produce a loud explosion.