Chronology Of Explosion Kills 2 People In Sukabumi

Sukabumi Police intervened to reveal the explosion of a compressed natural gas cylinder that resulted in 2 deaths. Chronology of the incident is suspected of having a tube leak that exploded and caused casualties.

Cibadak Police Chief Kompol Ridwan Ishak said his party involved a team of experts to reveal the cause of the explosion of a compressed natural gas cylinder (CNG) which was being carried by a truck on Jalan Raya Lodaya, Sukabumi Regency, West Java, Monday.

"We do not yet know why this CNG tube could explode, of course, to reveal the explosion must involve experts," said Cibadak Police Chief in Sukabumi, Monday, November 28 evening.

According to Ridwan, initially there was illegal information that stated that the trigger for the CNG tube explosion was a series of collisions on Jalan Karangtengah Village, Cibadak District.

However, after being investigated, it turned out that the tube containing gas to process tea leaves exploded on its own. In addition, his party also could not confirm whether the explosion was triggered by a leak of the tube.

Untuk mengungkap kasus ini, petugas dari Polsek Cibadak bersama Polres Sukabumi masih melakukan penyelidikan dengan meminta keterangan sejumlah saksi yang berada di lokasi serta melaksanakan olah tempat kejadian perkara (TKP).

"There were two tubes that exploded, then bounced into the air, one tube fell in a resident's garden and the other hit a passing car. We also confirmed that there were no casualties from the police even though at that time there were a number of personnel who were regulating the flow of traffic not far from the location of the explosion," he added.

As a result of the CNG tube explosion, said Ridwan, eight people were victims, and two of them died male and female. Meanwhile, six others are still undergoing intensive care at the Sekarwangi Hospital in Cibadak.