A man has been transported to Haukeland Hospital with serious injuries after a battery exploded.
The police reported this on Tuesday morning. They do not yet know what type of battery has exploded.
– There has been a serious, explosive work accident. An adult man is seriously injured and taken to Haukeland hospital, says emergency manager Rune Vedeler to BA at the scene.
The injured man is a mechanic and was working on the bus when the battery exploded. We are talking about an electric bus that was not in operation. The battery was mounted in the rear of the bus.
The explosion occurred at Tide’s facility. Tide has not yet responded to BA’s inquiries.
The police, ambulance and fire brigade were called to Tide’s facility. The latter has ensured that there was no fire, and has gone over the area with a heat-seeking camera.
A mechanic is said to have been injured
Gøran Rykkje works as technical manager in the operating company YES-EU. They are importers of Tide’s buses, and have service responsibility for the buses.
– I know very little now, but I am working on getting an overview, he says.
Rykkje confirms that it is a mechanic who should have been injured, i.e. not a bus driver.
Rykkje is in Oslo, but will get to Bergen today.
– I am not one hundred percent sure which battery has exploded, or why.
– Exploded in the bus
The battery that exploded must have been inside a bus, according to the police.
The bus was not in operation. The accident must have happened indoors at the facility, according to the police.
– There should not have been people in the bus, says Magnussen to BA.
Rykkje says that he is unsure whether the battery was inside the bus, or on the outside.
He doesn’t know how the injured mechanic is doing. The person must not have reported the damage himself.
