Whether the causes of the fire are related to technical factors or others are still being examined thoroughly
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has been examining all possibilities which may have caused the fire at Pertamina`s refinery in Cilacap, Central Java, including sabotage.

Speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of his plenary session with the House of Representatives`(DPR) Commission I here Monday, BIN Chief Sutanto said his men are still focused on all possibilities.

"Whether the causes of the fire are related to technical factors or others are still being examined thoroughly," he said.

In another development, the police in Cilacap district have so far examined nine witnesses in connection with the fire that has gutted three fuel oil tanks until Sunday (April 3).

Cilacap district police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Rudi Darmoko said nine witnesses had been summoned and examined but the police managed only to collect information on the fire.

"It is not a questioning session for investigation purposes," he told newsmen in Cilacap district, Central Java, on Sunday.

The witnesses were all local residents who firstly saw the fire that gutted the first tank of state oil company Pertamina`s refinery on Saturday morning.

Pertamina`s efforts to extinguish the fire that had gutted three tanks were the priority. "We let the Pertamina authorities to focus on its efforts of putting out the flames," he said.

The fire broke out on Saturday morning at around 4.30 am local time.

According to Iik (42), a local resident, he heard an explosion in the Limonis refinery complex. "The fire is quite big, but I don`t know from which refinery it has started," he said.

The state oil company`s authorities have been investigating the causes of the fire and tried hard to put it out.

The fire itself actually did not disrupt Pertamina`s fuel production in its Cilacap refinery, Pertamina`s spokesman Kurdi Susanto said.

"The production process goes on and the fuel oil stocks is still sufficient for the next 22 days. Therefore, we asked the people to remain calm," he said.
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