A fire appears from the oil spill in Balikpapan bay, East Kalimantan. An oil spill off Borneo island that led to five deaths and the declaration of a state of emergency, was caused by a burst undersea pipe belonging to Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina.

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Unique identifier: GP0STRPF2

Type: Image

Shoot date: 31/03/2018

Locations: Balikpapan, Borneo, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Java Sea, Makassar Strait, Southeast Asia

Size: 5184px × 3456px 5MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)

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Oil Spill in Balikpapan (Paksi Sandang Prabowo)

An oil spill off Balikpapan bay, East Kalimantan on 31 March 2018, that led to five deaths and the declaration of a state of emergency, was caused by a burst undersea pipe belonging to Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina.
The leakage, which started in waters near Balikpapan city early Saturday, has spread at least 26 kilometres (16 miles) and coated large areas of the coast in thick black sludge.

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