赤色の洪水発生…原因はバティック工房の染料　インドネシア

【ペカロンガンＡＦＰ＝時事】インドネシア・ジャワ島中部の村で6日、赤い色の洪水が発生した。バティック（ろうけつ染め）工房が浸水被害に遭い、染料が流れ出したことが原因。（写真はインドネシア・ジャワ島のペカロンガンで、ろうけつ染めの工房から流出した染料で赤く染まった水の中を歩く住民）
　ジャワ島ペカロンガン近郊ジェンゴットの住人らが赤く染まった水の中を歩く画像は、インターネットで拡散され、話題となった。
　ペカロンガンはバティックが有名な地域。当局は、赤い水は域内の複数のバティック工房が使っていた染料によるものだと発表した。地元災害当局のディマス・アルガ・ユダ氏は７日、バティックの染料は有害でも危険でもないとＡＦＰに話した。
　地元当局は、冠水した地域に複数のポンプを設置、水は１時間以内に引いた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/02/10-12:31）

An Indonesian village was inundated by crimson-coloured water after flooding hit a fabric dyeing centre in central Java, sparking a social media frenzy.
Residents of Jenggot, near the town of Pekalongan, were seen wading through blood-red water on Saturday and many shared images of the rare phenomenon online.
Officials later confirmed the unique colour came from harmless fabric dye used by several batik factories in the area.
Pekalongan itself is well known for its batik textiles industry, with many cottage industries flourishing across the town.
They did not dump the dye on purpose, but several home industries were flooded and the dye packages were carried away by the water, local disaster agency official Dimas Arga Yudha told AFP Sunday, adding that the batik dye was not toxic or dangerous.
Local officials deployed pumps to drain the flooded area it was cleared in less than an hour.
Floods are very common across the Indonesian archipelago, especially during the rainy season.
In January at least 21 people died and more than 60,000 were evacuated after a series of major floods hit South Kalimantan.