Gas Cylinder Explodes, 3 Injured, 6 Houses Destroyed

Residents' houses were damaged by victims of gas cylinder explosions/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - As many as 3 residents suffered injuries due to the explosion of gas cylinders that occurred in the Kencana housing Block C7, Jalan Kaliandra 5, RT 13/09, Cengkareng Barat Village, Cengkareng District, West Jakarta, Thursday, August 1, morning. The incident occurred at around 05.19 WIB. "There were three people injured. One person was stabbed, has been referred to Cengkareng Hospital. Two people were lightly injured, have been referred to the PIK Hospital," said the Head of the DKI Jakarta Province Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Isnawa Adji to VOI, Thursday, August 1. In addition to causing three people to be injured, the gas cylinder explosion also destroyed 6 residential houses, two units of cars and one motorbike. "The alleged cause for gas leakage that resulted in the explosion, so the condition of the house became destroyed," he said. Currently, the joint officers are still carrying out the handling at the scene. The joint officers consist of 1 Damkar Unit, TRC BPBD, PMI, AGD Health Office, Dishub, Satpol PP, PLN, PSKB/Tagana Dinsos personnel, Polsek personnel and Koramil personnel. "The estimated loss in data collection. Refugees are also in the data collection," he said. Meanwhile, the Cengkareng Police Criminal Investigation Unit that arrived at the scene immediately installed a police line to facilitate the investigation process. The case of the explosion was handled by the Cengkareng Police.