The dying toll after Monday’s explosion close to the capital of the Dominican Republic has risen to a minimum of 27, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing the top of an emergency response service within the Caribbean nation.
Juan Manuel Mendez, the top of the nation’s Emergency Operation Center (COE), advised CNN all individuals had been now accounted for following the explosion in a ironmongery shop in a industrial a part of San Cristobal, some 14 miles (23 km) from the capital.
Authorities had been nonetheless not sure what induced the explosion, CNN stated. The nationwide well being service had earlier reported that the preliminary victims included a four-month-old child.
In a bulletin late on Tuesday, COE stated 59 individuals had been wounded within the explosion and greater than 500 individuals and 32 ambulances had been mobilized. — Reuters
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