Two killed in blast

Two killed in blast

KENDAL, Central Java: Two employees at textile giant PT
Texmaco Perkasa Engineering's factory in Kaliwungu district were
killed on Saturday when an air conditioner compressor they were
repairing exploded.

Dulkijab, 38, and Waliyono, 27, both factory technicians, died
instantly. The blast threw their bodies 15 meters.

Another employee, Rawuh Riyanto, 40, who was standing nearby,
was injured and is now being treated at Telogorejo Hospital in
the provincial capital of Semarang, some 20 kilometers east of
here.

Local police chief Col. Andi Masmiyat told The Jakarta Post
that human error was the cause of the blast.

"There were technical and procedural flaws in the way the
technicians were fixing the compressor," he said.

He added that although he believed that foul play was not
suspected, police would question Rawuh and the company's
manager.(har/01)