KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 (Bernama) -- A man died and nine others were injured when an air conditioner compressor exploded at HELP University, Bukit Damansara, this morning.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus confirmed that a 24-year-old man, who worked with the air conditioner contractor, died while being treated at Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
“The latest development is that another victim has been identified, bringing the total number of victims involved to 10, compared to the nine injured victims reported previously,” he said in a statement today.
The ten individuals were caught in an explosion involving an air conditioning compressor at the private univeristy in Bukit Damansara this morning.
According to Fadil, eight victims are locals and two others are foreigners.
Out of the eight locals, there is one fatality - the male contractor company worker, two others are severely injured and receiving treatment, two male and two female students along with a technician, all of whom sustained different levels of injuries, he added.
“The other two victims are foreigners, Indonesians working as cafeteria workes who sustained minor injuries,” he said.
The nine injured victims are currently being treated at different nearby hospitals, including Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and Sungai Buloh Hsopital.
Police received a distress call about the explosion that occurred in the maintenance area next to the cafeteria of the four-storey building at 11.40, he shared.
Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department director Hassan 'As'ari Omar said when contacted that preliminary inspections found that the explosion was caused by leaking air conditioning gas and the investigating team was still at the scene of the blast.
A check by Bernama in the morning at the blast scene revealed that two Fire Department K9 tracker dogs were involved in the operation.
-- BERNAMA
