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Event: OT Other Number: 2006-000170 Country: IDN Indonesia Location: Date (YMD): 2006-11-23 Time: Duration: Magnitude: Information Source: WHO "Hot mud flood, Sidoarjo, East Java - Emergency situation report n? 7" Comments: The mud began to gush from the gas exploration field of Lapindo Brantas Inc - a subsidiary of the Bakrie Group - on May 29. An area of rice fields and residential land measuring 450 hectares is now a mud lake. The mud has also affected the toll road and the railway. Experts have warned they cannot predict when the mudflow might end. Aproximate Location::   THIS DISASTER ON THE INTERNET:	Useful Links: Back to Search results New Search Statistics Charts Tabular Reports Related Records: Same Event in other Countries: AC-2006-000170-IDN Tech. Disaster,Indonesia: PERTAMINA (National Oil and Mines Company) gas pipe under the embankment of the Sidoarjo mudflow blasted last night, 22 November, at around 8:15 pm, near the center of the mudflow in Porong. The explosion caused blazing fire nearly 50 meters high and damaged the embankment nearly 50 meters wide, spilling mud 2 to 3 meters high into the Gempol (Surabaya) - Porong (Sidoarjo) toll road. The fire has been contained and no explosions were reported in other parts of the pipeline network. BAKORNAS PB reported that the explosion killed nine people, left five missing and 11 injured, who are currently at the Sidoarjo Public Hospital and at the Sutomo Hospital in Surabaya.