{"id":2132997,"date":"2023-12-24T14:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T19:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-13-dead-46-injured-in-explosion-at-nickel-plant-in-indonesia\/"},"modified":"2023-12-24T14:38:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T19:38:43","slug":"at-least-13-dead-46-injured-in-explosion-at-nickel-plant-in-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-13-dead-46-injured-in-explosion-at-nickel-plant-in-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"13 dead, 46 injured in Indonesia nickel plant explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-13-dead-46-injured-in-explosion-at-nickel-plant-in-indonesia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2132997&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Chinese worker who was \u2062injured \u200din the explosion at a nickel smelter \u2062furnace \u200bis\u2062 brought to the \u200bMorowali Regional General Hospital in Central Sulawesi \u2062on December \u200b24, 2023. (Photo by STR\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril\u2064 Elfi<\/a><br \/>11:36 AM \u2013 Sunday, December 24, 2023<\/p>\n<p>An explosion at a \u2064Chinese-owned nickel plant\u2064 in Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, has left at least 13 people dead and 46 others injured. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> |\u200d 12 dead,\u2064 39 injured in explosion at nickel-processing plant in Indonesia: statement<\/p>\n<p>WARNING GRAPHIC \u26a0\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CnhBm3k4pG\">pic.twitter.com\/CnhBm3k4pG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking\u2064 news 24\/7 (@aliifil1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aliifil1\/status\/1738803321878540724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Central Sulawesi Police Chief Agus Nugroho stated that at \u2062least\u200d four \u200dChinese and nine\u2064 Indonesian workers died when the furnace exploded \u200bwhile\u2063 they were repairing it.<\/p>\n<p>Nugroho continued, saying \u200cthat police are \u200bnow investigating if \u2062the explosion was caused by negligence from the company. <\/p>\n<p>Company\u2064 Spokesperson Deddy Kurniawan stated that they are working closely with police in the investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2064 sincerely apologize for this incident and we\u2063 are working closely \u2063with authorities to\u200d investigate what caused the accident,\u201d said Kurniawan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After an almost four-hour operation, rescuers put out the fire and evacuated the workers, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kurniawan stated that the \u200dfurnace was not in use \u2063at the moment and was undergoing\u200c maintenance in a statement that the business \u200creleased on Sunday afternoon. However,\u2063 when the furnace\u2019s \u201cresidual \u2063slag\u201d\u200c came into contact \u2063with \u201cflammable items,\u201d the walls collapsed and\u200d the \u2064remaining steel\u200c slag spilled out.<\/p>\n<p>Rachmansyah Ismail,\u200b the acting head of the Morowali district,\u200d informed the local\u2064 media\u2062 that at least 17 of the injured\u2063 were seriously hurt, and \u200bthat nearly half of the casualties were foreign workers.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was the third\u2062 fatal event of the year that occurred \u200cat Chinese-owned nickel smelting facilities in Central Sulawesi province, which is Indonesia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-in-4-5-billion-deal-for-ev-battery-materials-plant\/\" title=\"Ford in .5 billion deal for EV battery materials plant\">largest nickel reserve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! \u2064Receive \u2063breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for\u2062 free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Supreme Court rejects Jack Smith\u2019s expedition request while Joe \u200cBiden\u2063 tries to get his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gingrich-says-democrats-are-desperate-over-biden-2024-campaign-clearly-beyond-his-due-date\/\" title=\"Gingrich says Democrats are 'desperate' over Biden 2024 campaign: 'Clearly beyond his due date'\">poll numbers high<\/a> with marijuana.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The majority of \u2062Republican leaders have spoken out against the Colorado\u200b State Supreme\u200b Court ruling disqualifying former\u2063 President Donald Trump from the ballot.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The president \u200bof the conservative activist group American Commitment \u2062says an anti-ESG lawsuit launched by the State of Tennessee against Blackrock comes as the popularity \u2064of the ESG investing\u200d trend begins to wane.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>All eyes will be on the U.S.\u200c Supreme Court after the Colorado \u2064Supreme Court voted four-to-three to disqualify former\u200d President \u200bTrump from\u200c the primary ballot citing the\u2062 Constitution\u2019s 14th Amendment insurrection clause.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023 \u2013 6:05 AM PST HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013\u2062 Chinese regulators announced \u2064on Friday\u2064 a wide range\u2063 of rules aimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One of the main bottlenecks \u2062for Tesla is the speed it can make the 4680 batteries used in the Cybertruck with its \u2062new dry-coating technology.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group of 11 nonfiction authors have\u2063 joined a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court that accuses OpenAI and Microsoft\u200d of misusing books the \u200dauthors have written to train their models.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>San Francisco police \u2062Sergeant\u2062 David \u200cRadford contacted Tesla about data \u200con an alleged stalker\u2019s remote access to a vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What caused the explosion at the \u200dChinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Explosion \u200cat\u200d Chinese-Owned Nickel\u200b Plant in Indonesia Leaves 13 Dead and Dozens Injured<\/p>\n<p>On December 24, \u20622023, an explosion occurred\u200b at a Chinese-owned \u2064nickel plant in Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, resulting in the deaths of at least 13 people and leaving\u200c 46\u200c others injured. The incident took place \u200bat a furnace in the plant while \u2063repair work was being conducted.<\/p>\n<p>According to Central Sulawesi Police Chief Agus Nugroho, four Chinese workers and nine Indonesian workers \u200blost\u200b their lives in \u200cthe explosion. The\u200c police are currently investigating whether negligence from the company played a role in the incident. Company spokesperson Deddy Kurniawan expressed their cooperation with the authorities in the ongoing investigation, stating, &#8220;We \u200csincerely apologize for this incident and we are \u2063working \u2062closely with authorities to \u2063investigate what caused the\u200c accident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rescue operations lasted for nearly four hours and involved extinguishing the fire\u2062 and evacuating the workers from the affected area. Kurniawan mentioned in a statement that\u2063 the furnace was not\u200c in use and was undergoing \u200cmaintenance at the time of the \u200cexplosion. However, due to contact between \u2064the furnace&#8217;s &#8220;residual slag&#8221; and flammable items, the walls\u2062 collapsed, leading to the spillage of the remaining steel slag.<\/p>\n<p>Rachmansyah \u200bIsmail, the acting head of the Morowali\u200b district, revealed that out of the\u200c injured \u200bindividuals, 17 were seriously hurt, with almost half of the casualties being foreign workers. This incident marks the third\u2063 fatal event of the year at \u200cChinese-owned nickel \u200bsmelting \u2064facilities in Central Sulawesi province, which\u200b houses Indonesia&#8217;s largest nickel reserve.<\/p>\n<p>It\u200c is \u2063crucial\u2062 to \u200dstay informed about such incidents. To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-100-killed-240-others-wounded-in-drone-attack-at-military-graduation-ceremony-in-syria\/\" title=\"Over 100 dead, 240 injured in Syria drone strike at military graduation.\">receive breaking news\u200c updates directly<\/a> to your inbox for free, subscribe to\u2063 our alerts at https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese worker injured in a nickel smelter furnace explosion arrives at Morowali Regional General Hospital in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The incident occurred at a Chinese-owned plant on Sulawesi Island. 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