Tug BOJOMA 2906 caught fire in the afternoon Apr 19 in Batang Hari river, Jambi Regency, southeast Sumatra, while preparing to receive fuel from fuel truck. There was a loud bang, followed by fire, which engulfed working deck of the tug. Fire was extinguished, tug didn’t burn out. There is a suspicion, that the tug had illegal fuel on board, kept understood, in barrels on working deck. Tug arrived from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
