Tangerang BPBD Records 5 Damaged Houses Due To 12 Kg Gas Cylinder Explosion In Babakan Village

Residents' houses in Tangerang affected by the 12 Kg gas cylinder explosion (Via ANTARA)

TANGERANG - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Tangerang Regency, Banten, said the gas cylinder explosion incident in Babakan Village, Bojong Nangka Village, Kelapa Dua District, damaged five houses.

"The loss cannot be estimated. Five houses were affected by the explosion, five of which were damaged from light to heavy," said Head of Emergency and Logistics for Tangerang Regency BPBD, Abdul Munir in Tangerang, Antara, Friday, July 15.

He said the explosion of a 12-kilogram gas cylinder on Thursday night resulted in three houses being heavily damaged and two other houses slightly damaged and four injured.

"For the victims there were two burns and two other victims were crushed by the rubble of the building, from the information all the victims had been taken to the hospital," he said.

He also mentioned that the gas cylinder explosion did not cause a fire or fire.

"Regarding the information about the explosion that entered the Pusdalpos, we immediately dispatched members of the Kelapa Dua Post. Then from reports on the ground, the explosion did not cause a fire," he said.

Meanwhile, the local police are still investigating the case of the gas cylinder explosion.

"The latest situation in the explosion area has been given a police line and further investigation is still being carried out by the police," he said.