<figure id="attachment_2888230" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2888230" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2888230 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/d9fa1a36-pc-rusdi-mohd-isa-ketua-polis-kuala-lumpur-121024.webp" alt="rusdi isa" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2888230" class="wp-caption-text">Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa denied an earlier claim in a viral video.</figcaption></figure>
PETALING JAYA: An explosion at a petrol station near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) today was due to a car battery, said Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa.
Rusdi said that they received information about an explosion involving a Proton Saga at the location.
&#8220;An inspection showed that it was a car battery that exploded,&#8221; he said in a statement, according to Bernama.
Earlier, a video went viral on social media claiming that an explosion had occurred at the site and that an arrest had been made by a police team.

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