Purification unit and copper smelting PT in Gresik East Java, on Thursday Afternoon (04/06/2009), to cause a burn explosion. Fires occurred in the area of the unit Smelter, which is the merger of PT copper smelting, in Maduran Road, District Manyar, Gresik. As a result, hundreds of workers who are doing tasks, jump out, to save themselves.
There is no sacrifice of the soul in this event, but two people injured workers to light, namely Subkalikun (48 years) and Atim (40 years), due to infected burn wounds in the fingers and feet due to exposed copper and fraction glass.
After getting medical treatment in hospital, Semen Gresik, the second victim eventually allowed to return home each.
Antonius decent, Senior Manager Smelter Unit, said the fire originated from hearth containing 400 tons of liquid copper heat that reaches 1,200 degrees centigrade, to cause an explosion many times.
"Initially, 400 tons of copper hot liquid spill to the floor and mixed with water on the floor up to cause an explosion" said Antonius decent, Senior Manager Smelter Unit.
Spill hot liquid copper was also run over in about 30 meters outside the factory. To prevent the hot liquid copper, Silica sand spread in order not to spread more.
As many as 8 units of the car fire, which is shipped to the location of the incident, successfully tame the fire, after struggling for almost an hour.
Up to now, not exactly known cause of a spill into the natural causes. The company also can not calculate the total losses. However, the activity of production units in the merger, total paralysis.
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