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 by Staff Writers Jakarta (AFP) March 31, 2018
At least two people died in a fire as Indonesian authorities tried to cleanup an oil spill off Borneo island Saturday, an official said. The blaze was sparked as workers tried to clear the spill in waters near Balikpapan City by burning it. Two people -- believed to be fishermen -- were caught in the fire and died, a spokesman of the local search and rescue agency said. "The fire was quite big, about two kilometres high. It can be seen from Balikpapan city and the smell was all over the place," said Octavianto, a senior official of East Borneo search and rescue agency, who like many Indonesians go by one name. Authorities have managed to put out the fire but there was still an oil spill in the waters. It was not known how much oil was spilled or where it came from. A boat carrying coal was temporarily stuck near the fire, Octavianto told AFP, but the search and rescue teams successfully evacuated all 20 crew on board. Indonesia relies heavily on boats to ferry people and goods around its vast archipelago of about 17,000 islands. Boat accidents are common, but oil spill cleanup accidents are rare.
Libyan strongman bombed Chad rebels, his forces say Libreville (AFP) March 29, 2018 The armed forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said on Thursday that their warplanes had attacked Chadian rebels in the country's southern desert last weekend. Air raids targeted a rebel-held roadblock 400 kilometres (250 miles) southeast of Sebha, as well as other positions in an oasis in the Terbu region 400 kms farther south, an official with Haftar's so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) told AFP. "The strikes aim at restoring security and applying law in the south," the official said, w ... read more
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