JAKARTA: A fire broke out on a pipeline operated by Indonesian state oil and gas company Pertamina in West Java province on Tuesday, killing a Chinese construction worker, a local fire official said. Pertamina halted fuel distribution through the pipeline temporarily, a company spokeswoman, Dewi Sri Utami, told reporters. Video footage showed thick black smoke rising from one side of a highway and engulfing part of a busy toll road. The construction worker who was killed was a crane operator, the local fire department official said by telephone. Locals watch as smoke rises from a fire on a pipeline owned by PT Pertamina in Cimahi near Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, October 22, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Source: New Strait Times October 22, 2019 12:00 UTC