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Indonesia to relocate residents or move fuel facility after fire

Bystanders watch as a search and rescue team seeks victims after a fire at the state-run oil storage depot in Jakarta on March 5, 2023. (AFP photo)

JAKARTA: Indonesia will relocate residents living near a fuel-storage fire that killed 16 people or remove the depot owned by state energy company Pertamina to a safer location, President Joko Widodo said on Sunday.

The decision will rest with State-Owned Enterprise Minister Erick Thohir, Pertamina and Jakarta Governor Heru Budi Hartono, he said, adding that no one can live near the facility.

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