GEORGE TOWN: An elderly man suffered multiple injuries on various parts of his body when he was believed to have been struck by a wall which collapsed following an explosion at his apartment unit in Desa Green Apartment, Jalan Paya Terubong here yesterday.
A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the 62-year-old was at home with his son, daughter-in-law and grandson during the 8.16am explosion. “When firefighters arrived, part of a room wall had collapsed and the impact also caused the wall of the next door house to crack.”
Meanwhile, Timur Laut Police chief ACP Che Zaimani Che Awang believed that the explosion was caused by leaking gas.
“The powerful explosion occurred when the man wanted to light his cigarette in the living room which was filled with gas,” he said, adding that the man was in stable condition at Penang Hospital. – Bernama