What happened

A fire from a fuel pipe followed by an explosion tore through Pertamina's Plumpang depot — Indonesia's most important fuel-storage site, handling about 20% of national supply — around 8pm and spread into the densely built residential area that had encroached to within a meter of the depot fence since the 1990s. Death toll estimates rose over following days from an initial 13-18 to a final confirmed 33 killed and 50 injured; the depot had also suffered a smaller fatal fire in 2009. This was an accidental industrial incident, not an attack.

When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.