:: Mass evacuations were enforced as local authorities struggled to contain the fire The oil extraction from the well, located in a densely populated area, was carried out by local residents and the ...

Indonesia’s deadly oil well fire in Central Java’s Blora region exposes the dangerous reality of illegal drilling operations that have proliferated across the mineral-rich archipelago. The three-day ...

Three people have been killed and several others injured after an illegal oil well near their homes in Blora, on Indonesia’s most populous island Java, caught fire on Sunday. Sadly, Indonesia is no ...