MB: Balloon ban at official events
PENDING PROBE: Checks on balloons sold by Terengganu traders after 31 hurt in explosion
Terengganu Menteri Besar explosion victim yesterday. Pix by Rozainah Zakaria
USING balloons as decoration or for launching events at official functions is banned, pending investigations into a balloon explosion here that injured 31 people, said Menteri Besar Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman.
Razif, who visited several explosion victims at Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital here, said he instructed the local authorities to check balloons sold by traders in the state, especially those sold at recreational parks.
On Friday, a cluster of balloons burst into flames during a health event at the Batu Burok recreational The
Burok recreation park in Kuala Terengganu on Friday. burst into flames.
park here.
Razif said the supplier of the balloons claimed that helium, which is non-flammable, was used to inflate the balloons.
However, Razif said, the explosion showed that the gas was highly flammable.
at the Batu
“We will wait for the police to complete investigations on the gas used in the balloons.
“If necessary, we will ban the use of balloons at official functions in future.
“We want to be sure that only nonflammable gas is used in balloons.”