Vision Ease Plant Fire

[evansjosh]

JAKARTA - big fire struck a manufacturer of sunglasses belonging to PT Vision Ease Asia. Though not take casualties, but the loss is estimated to reach trillions of rupiah. Until around 08.00 WIB, a new fire can be extinguished.
An optical lens manufacturing plant in Mertanti Road 8, Delta Silicon area, Cikarang, Bekasi regency, Wednesday (11/11/2009) early this morning, been engulfed in red sijago.

Combined firefighters, trying to fire that burned all the plant. However, officials failed to extinguish the fire. The reason, officials difficulty in extinguishing fires that have spread throughout the warehouse containing machines optical glasses.

In addition to optical glasses making machine, plastic materials and chemicals are also contained in the plant. Thus, causing the fire difficult to put out.

To extinguish the fire that burned the plastic warehouse, fire department wag combination of Bekasi District Government and Jababeka area, at least 10 units lower the car fire.

In addition, company employees are also busy trying meyelamatkan barrels containing chemicals that are inside the factory so as not to burn ..

According to witnesses who are also employees of the company, the emergence of the fire no one knows. Because the employee was working shif 3. While some witnesses said, the fire barasal of production space.

Meanwhile, until 8 o'clock this morning, the flames could be extinguished only appear visible though a small fire and smoke. Meanwhile, employees who want to work shocked by the burning of the company where she worked sijago engulfed in red.

These fires, still under police investigation Desarrollo. It is estimated, losses reach up to trillions of rupiah. (AMN)

[obxeyeguy]

WTH is this all about?? A new literacy campaign??

[evansjosh]

Sorry about the language issues but I had to have google translate it for Indonesian to English.

[Chris Ryser]

http://eyeoverheard.wordpress.com/20...on-ease-plant/

[FVCCHRIS]

So, what we need to do to bring America's manufacturing base back home?-----Fire bomb Asia----- again.

[hcjilson]

Vision Monday reported yesterday that Vision Ease was going to start manufacturing in Minnesota as a result of the fire. At least I think it was MN.

[Jacqui]

I hope they do bring it back to Minnesota.

[FVCCHRIS]

Originally Posted by Jacqui

I hope they do bring it back to Minnesota.

If they had that plant here in the states they would have had OSHA safety programs in effect and sprinkler systems that may have prevented or controlled the fire? Maybe it's not always cheaper to outsource?

[mshimp]

So much for a green facility... it burnt to the ground.