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Indonesian police officers stand guard as a fire rages gasoline component storage tanks in Pertamina's Cilacap refinery in Central Java province, Indonesia, on Saturday, April 2. The fire that engulfed a tank at state-owned oil firm PT Pertamina Refinery Unit IV has spread to an opposite tank. State oil company PT Pertamina (Persero) has confirmed that there are no casualties in the incident and the fire has not affected fuel oil distribution.

Fire damages largest oil refinery in Indonesia

By Elena Grothe

The AP reports:

Police say a massive fire has destroyed two storage tanks at Indonesia's largest oil refinery.

Local police chief Lt. Col. Rudy Darmoko says no injuries have been reported in the fire at the Pertamina national oil company refinery.

Several explosions occurred at the storage tanks after the blaze broke out early Saturday.

Darmoko says the cause of fire is still being investigated but there are no signs of sabotage. Residents were evacuated from around the Cilacap refinery on Java island.

Pertamina spokesman Muhammad Harun says the fire will not disrupt fuel production.

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