Maulidin, 35, was seriously wounded by an explosion at an old oil well in Gampong Semanah Jaya, Rantau Peureulak Sub-district, East Aceh. Nurdin was wounded in the hands, eyes, feet and abdomen.
Yesterday, Maulidin, a resident of Alue Nireh Hamlet, Peureulak Timur Subdistrict, East Aceh. And a number of his colleagues tried to clean the oil from wells built during the Dutch colonialism. This oil can be processed and sold. This is what Nurdin and his colleagues did before hearing the roar from the well.
Nurdin's friends heard the voice and ran away from the well. But Nurdin was too close to the well. When the explosion occurred, Nurdin bounced. "The explosion is very hard," said a colleague Maulidin, Thursday 2018.
The splinter of iron from the well tore off parts of his body. Road access and bad weather make it difficult to evacuate victims.
Due to road access and bad weather, bad process and heavy rainfall makes it difficult to evacuate victims. In critical condition, the victim arrived at Puskesmas Rantau Peureulak with critical condition and was immediately referred to Dr. Zubir Mahmud Hospital.
The former Dutch heritage wells in East Aceh are still a magnet for the people. They sucked themselves oil and refined it for kerosene. These oils are then sold to the container before being circulated to a number of areas in Aceh.
Meanwhile, the East Aceh Police Chief AKBP Rudi Purwiyanto through Iptu Aiyub Kapolsek Rantau Peureulak justify the incident. But it can not confirm what the cause of the explosion.