Padang Police Holds Explosion Scene At Semen Padang Hospital, Allegedly Coming From AC Installation

Padang Police conducted a crime scene at Semen Padang Hospital. Antara/Fathul Abdi.

Padang Police, West Sumatra (West Sumatra) held a crime scene (TKP) at Semen Padang Hospital, which suffered an explosion that resulted in damage.

"We have dispatched a team to examine and process the scene of this incident," said Padang Police Chief Kombes Ferry Harahap as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 30.

From the examination, it was found that indications of the incident were triggered by damage that occurred at the ACcentral installation which experienced an explosion.

"So we need to clarify that this incident was not a bomb explosion, the provisional assumption is that this was an explosion due to damage to the ACcentral installation," he said.

He said that because it was an ACcentral of the explosion, it spread to the first floor of the hospital, which is a service room, causing damage to broken glass.

"So the temporary assumption is that due to the installation of the ACcentral explosion, this is still being investigated. The Padang Police Inafis Team is still working," he said.

There were no casualties in the incident that attracted the attention of residents and road users on Jalan By Pass Padang.

On the other hand, the explosion caused the service at Semen Padang Hospital to be completely paralyzed since Tuesday afternoon.

Dozens of patients who were being treated at the hospital were seen being sent to the hospital yard using beds or wheelchairs. Patients ranging from parents, women, men, and children.

Until 18.30 WIB, the process of transferring patients from Semen Padang Hospital to another hospital was still ongoing, long queues of ambulance cars were still preparing to take patients.

Based on information from the hospital, the total number of patients at the time of the incident was 102 people.