At least 13 workers died and 46 people were injured Due to the explosion that occurred this Sunday at a nickel processing plant owned by Chinese capital in an industrial park in Sulawesi province in the central region of Indonesia.
The company that owns the facility Tsinghsan Stainless Steel, In the statement, it was stated that the explosion and subsequent fire occurred as a result of a flammable liquid igniting in a furnace that was being repaired this morning.
among the dead nine Indonesian workers and four Chinese workersAmong those injured, 12 people were hospitalized, most of them due to burning steam.
Tsinghsan Stainless Steel said emergency crews needed a few minutes Four hours to extinguish the fire In Morowali industrial park.
Morowali’s Labor Party released a statement investigation into what happened He denounced the problem of insecurity and inadequate health and safety systems in the nickel industry, a valuable material used in batteries.
owned by indonesia the world’s largest nickel reserves, It is a mine that is in high demand due to the rise of electric vehicles and attracts the attention of increasing investments in China.