Business · Workplace fatalitySungai Chua factory explosion kills 49-year-old manAired October 26, 2026 at 3:09 AM UTCWritten October 26, 2026 at 3:28 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A tank explosion killed a49-year-old man at a scrap factory.0:10Firefighters found him severely injured and bleeding heavily.0:13He was believed to have been welding when the tank exploded.0:16Investigators still have to explain what caused the fatal failure.0:18The factory is on Persharan Sungaichua in Kajang in Malaysia's Salangor state.0:23The premises were used for scrap goods and scrap disposal.0:26The fire service described the site as about five kilometers from the responding0:29Kajang station.0:31The explosion happened on October twenty-three, two thousand and twenty-six.0:35Five fire service personnel and officers were sent from Kajang Fire and Rescue0:38Station with one engine.0:39The vehicle was described as a light fire engine.0:42The emergency call time is disputed.0:45One account gives eleven fifty in the morning, and another gives eleven fifty three.0:49Both put firefighters at the scene at noon.0:51The two times describe the same emergency call, and nobody has resolved the three0:55minute difference.0:56The eleven fifty three version describes crews arriving seven minutes later.1:00The earlier call time also places their arrival at noon.1:03Those times describe the emergency response, while the exact time of the explosion1:07remains unclear.1:08Firefighters arrived at about noon and found the man with severe injuries around his1:11waist and lower body.1:13At about twelve fifty, a health ministry medical officer pronounced him dead at the1:17scene.1:17That was the time of the medical pronouncement.1:19The fire service said only one person was involved.1:21It ended its operation shortly afterwards and handed further action to the relevant1:25agencies.1:26The business is reportedly Greenforce Sustainability, though officials haven't1:29confirmed that identification.1:31Fire officials described welding work at the premises.1:34Police described scrap metal maintenance.1:36The precise task, including what the man was welding, is still unclear.1:39Ashhril Riazal Asbar, Salangor's assistant fire service operations director,1:44described the response.1:45Kajang Police Chief Nasran Abdul Yousuf said initial investigations found no1:49criminal elements.1:51Police and other relevant departments were carrying out further investigation.1:54Fire officials described the object as a helium tank.1:57Investigators haven't explained why it exploded, and the police finding leaves2:01workplace safety and responsibility unresolved.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗
