JAKARTA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and 21 others injured after a fire broke out aboard an oil tanker undergoing repairs at a shipyard on Batam Island in Indonesia's Riau Islands province early Wednesday.
The victims were technicians working on the tanker Federal II at PT ASL Shipyard Indonesia in the Batuaji area.
The blaze started at around 4 a.m. local time, said Raden Bimo Dwi Lambang, police chief of Batuaji, adding that a similar incident had occurred on the same vessel in June, killing four workers.
Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the fire. ■
