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Fire chief: Reaction of fuel vapour, radiation from handphone caused explosion
KUALA LUMPUR: Fuel vapour and radiation from a handphone was the cause of a fire and explosion at a petrol station on Tuesday, according to the Fire and Rescue Department.
A woman, T. Sarishna, 25, sustained 60 percent burns in the 1.25pm incident at a petrol station at Setapak Indah here.
Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Operations chief Samsol Maarif Saibani said the victim was refueling her car when her handphone rang.
“She was believed to have opened the left passenger door to retrieve her handphone while her other hand was grasping the nozzle of the fuel pump,” he told Bernama.
Reaction of fuel vapour, radiation from handphone caused explosion. Victim retrieving ringing phone, other hand was holding nozzle of fuel pump
