News media covering an explosion in Indonesia has attributed the blast to a leaking LP-Gas or LPG bottle. This was according to information obtained from an interview with South Sulawesi Police Chief Inspector General Adang Rochjana. The blast took place in Makassar, Sulawesi earlier Tuesday, March 30, 2010.
“It seems the gas leakage was from an LPG bottle and was the cause of the blast. However, we need to carry out a laboratory test to confirm our suspicions,” the Chief Inspector General stated on Tuesday.
Police recovered evidence from the scene of the explosion. The evidence recovered included an LP-Gas stove and a 12-kilogram LPG cylinder. These will be used in an effort to try and reconstruct the explosion, which caused injuries to 3 people.
One of the blast victims, described as being named “Nurhayati,” said the explosion took place when she turned on the gas stove.
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