Jakarta, Oct. 14 -- Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said Tuesday he has ordered an investigation into a fire that broke out at PT Sulawesi Nickel Cobalt's (SLNC) scrubber tower in the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), Central Sulawesi.

"This afternoon, I asked them to send a team to the site," Lahadalia said in Jakarta.

He added that the government will review the findings before deciding on measures to prevent similar incidents.

"We will first review the results of the field reports," the minister said.

Local police have also launched a crime scene investigation following the fire, which erupted Sunday morning (Oct. 12) at around 8:50 a.m. in a steam chimney containing a mixture of acid and...