Police are investigating an explosion at a scrap metal collection\nsite on Jalan Padat Karya, Air Merbau village, Tanjungpandan, Belitung\nregency, Bangka Belitung Islands, on Sunday (25 October 2026). The\nincident left a scrap collector seriously injured and taken to\nhospital.<\/p>\n
Belitung Police enlisted the Bomb Disposal Unit (Jibom) of Battalion\nB, the Bangka Belitung Islands Police Mobile Brigade, to examine the\nsite and guard against the possibility of further explosions.<\/p>\n
Belitung Police Chief AKBP Satria Darma said police received a report\nof the explosion at around 4pm Western Indonesian Time. Officers\narriving at the scene evacuated the victim and secured the site.<\/p>\n
\u201cEarlier this afternoon, at around 4pm, we received a report of an\nexplosion. Belitung Police officers went straight to the location and\nfound one person seriously injured, who has now been taken to hospital,\u201d\nhe said.<\/p>\n
After evacuating the victim, police cordoned off the area and\ncoordinated with the Mobile Brigade team to make it safe. The\nexamination is intended to identify the source of the explosion and\ndetermine whether any other dangerous objects are nearby.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are working with the Bomb Disposal Unit (Jibom) of Battalion B,\nthe Bangka Belitung Islands Police Mobile Brigade, to investigate the\ncause of the explosion, which left one person seriously injured,\u201d AKBP\nSatria Darma said while visiting the scene.<\/p>\n
He said the cause of the explosion had not yet been established, as\npolice were awaiting the bomb-disposal team\u2019s findings. \u201cWe are still\nwaiting for the official examination results to confirm the source and\nexact cause of the explosion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Initial checks found that the victim worked as a collector of used\ngoods, particularly scrap metal. Police suspect that an object made of\nmetal collected by the victim may have exploded during weighing or\ncutting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a possibility that a piece of scrap metal collected by the\nvictim exploded while it was being weighed or cut. But this can only be\nconfirmed after a thorough scene examination by the Bomb Disposal Unit,\u201d\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Police are also gathering witness statements to establish the\nsequence of events. They are searching the area to ensure there are no\ndangerous objects that could trigger another explosion.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/explosion-at-scrap-metal-yard-causes-alarm-police-investigate-triggering-object-1792939833", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }