An explosion during the disposal of expired ammunitions in Indonesia바카라s West Java province on Monday killed at least 13 people, including four soldiers, military officials said. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear.
Members of the Indonesian army were carrying out the disposal of unusable and expired ammunition 바카라 which had been stored in a a military warehouse center 바카라 in an environmental conservation area in Sagara village of Garut district.
An explosion during the disposal of expired ammunitions in Indonesia바카라s West Java province on Monday killed at least 13 people, including four soldiers, military officials said. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear.
Members of the Indonesian army were carrying out the disposal of unusable and expired ammunition 바카라 which had been stored in a a military warehouse center 바카라 in an environmental conservation area in Sagara village of Garut district. The initial explosion was shortly followed by another blast, said Maj. Gen. Kristomei Sianturi, the Indonesian military spokesperson.
Nine civilians and four army members were killed, Sianturi said, adding that several other people were being treated for various injuries.
The cause of the incident is still being investigated, with a focus on whether the standard procedure for ammunition disposal was followed, Sianturi said. The location 바카라 vacant land under the management of West Java바카라s Natural Resources Conservation Agency 바카라 is far from residential areas and often used for munitions disposal.
However, such activities often attract the attention of nearby residents, who often take metal fragments, copper or scrap iron from grenades and mortars, Sianturi said, 바카라And there might be an unexpected second explosion after that.바카라
Local television footage showed an explosion lighting up the sky and thick black smoke, followed by a second blast a few minutes later. Another video showed ambulances evacuating the injured victims and the dead.