The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 11/12/2009 6:18 PM
Hundreds of workers at the mayor’s office in Palu rushed from their rooms after hearing explosions from an electricity substation belonging to state power company PT PLN near the office Thursday.
Wiwik, an office worker, said she quickly evacuated after hearing her colleagues screaming.
“Some of my friends said there was a fire but I myself didn’t hear the explosions,” she told news portal tempointeraktif.com.
Palu administration secretary Arifin Hi Lolo confirmed the explosions.
“Several explosions occurred at the substation, but fortunately the fire was extinguished by office staff. We have asked PLN to check and make necessary repairs,” Arifin said.
The PLN spokesman in the Palu branch, Petrus Walasary, said his office would fix the damage so the substation could be operational again.
“It will take time to ship the spare parts in as we have to source them from Italy,” he said. (ewd)
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