Hundreds of emergency workers combed the site of a five-story apartment building in southern Ukraine Thursday after a series of explosions reduced it to rubble, authorities said.
有關部門說,烏克蘭南部一幢五層公寓樓周四發生一系列爆炸,導致大樓變成一片廢墟,數百名緊急救援人員對該建筑進行了徹底搜查。
The blasts Wednesday night in the Black Sea resort town of Yevpatoria left at least 17 people dead and 24 others missing, according to Igor Krol, a spokesman for the Ukraine's Emergency Situations Ministry.
烏克蘭緊急情況部發言人伊戈爾·克羅爾(Igor Krol)說,周三晚上發生在黑海度假勝地耶夫帕托里亞(Yevpatoria)的爆炸造成至少17人死亡,24人失蹤。
21 people have been rescued. "We are now investigating all possible reasons for the explosions," Krol said.
21人獲救。“我們正在調查所有可能造成爆炸的原因,”克羅爾說。
Volodymiyr Shandra, the Ukrainian Emergency Situations minister, told local media that oxygen canisters being stored in the basement of the building could have triggered the blasts.
烏克蘭緊急情況部部長沃洛迪米爾·珊德拉(volodymir Shandra)對當地媒體表示,存放在大樓地下室的氧氣罐可能引發了爆炸。
Television footage showed rescuers trying to free people buried underneath fallen debris, while others scrabbled through wires, construction rods and boulders.
電視畫面顯示,救援人員試圖救出被埋在廢墟下的人們,而其他人則在電線、建筑桿和大圓石周圍搜尋傷者。