[轉貼] 多明尼加小鎮爆炸11死（星盤）

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2023-8-17 10:35

Dominican Republic blast kills dozens, including a baby

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Rescue workers have been searching the rubble for possible survivors

By Vanessa Buschschlüter

BBC News

More than two dozen people, including a four-month-old baby, have died in an explosion which rocked the small town of San Cristóbal, in the Dominican Republic, on Monday.

The death toll rose from 11 to 25 on Wednesday as the search for survivors continued.

It is not yet known what caused the blast in the town's commercial area.

Smoke from the explosion and the fires it ignited could be seen wafting over the town for many hours afterwards.

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The area close to the blast was engulfed in smoke following the explosion

President Luis Abinader, who visited the site of the explosion, said on Tuesday that "we are doing all that is humanly possible to locate" the missing.

Dozens of people were injured and many remain in hospital.

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Relatives of the missing and the injured waited for news outside the town's main hospital

Hundreds of firefighters are still trying to extinguish the flames in four of the nine buildings which caught fire.

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Fires have continued to burn hours after the explosion, with firefighters still operating in the area

The explosion ripped through the town, on the south-western outskirts of the capital Santo Domingo, on Monday afternoon.

Its exact source has not yet been pinpointed. Among the buildings destroyed are a hardware shop, a veterinary clinic and a plastics factory.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-66520095

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多明尼加小鎮不明原因爆炸 11人罹難多人失蹤

  

加勒比海島國多明尼加一處小鎮當地時間14日發生嚴重爆炸事件，這起原因不明的爆炸共造成至少11人死亡，不少建物遭炸毀。圖為爆炸現場空拍圖。（法新社）

2023/08/16 19:09

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕加勒比海島國多明尼加一處小鎮當地時間14日發生嚴重爆炸事件，這起原因不明的爆炸共造成至少11人死亡，大量建築遭炸毀，總統也親自抵達當地視察。

英國廣播公司「BBC」今（16）日報導，位於多明尼加首都聖多明哥（SantoDomingo）西部的小鎮聖克里斯托瓦爾（San Cristóbal）發生爆炸，當地官員表示，已經確認發現10名成人和一名4個月大嬰兒的屍體，同時傷亡數字可能會再攀升。目前尚不清楚發生爆炸的確實原因。

爆炸發生數小時後，大火仍在繼續燃燒，數百名消防隊員仍在努力撲滅火勢，已知被毀的建築包含一家五金商店、一家獸醫診所和一家塑料工廠。不少傷者仍在醫院觀察傷勢，家屬則在醫院外焦急等待。當地時間15日，視察爆炸現場的多明尼加總統阿比納德（Luis Abinader）表示，目前仍有數十人失蹤，「我們正在盡一切可能找到他們。」

爆炸現場滿目瘡痍，不少建物受爆炸威力影響直接崩塌。（法新社）

https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/4398558