“The Department of Public Health announces the death of a man who was in the intensive care unit with third-degree burns,” explains a press release.
The death toll from the August 14 explosion in San Cristóbal, in the southern part of the Dominican Republic, less than thirty kilometers from the capital Santo Domingo, has reached 28 dead, after the death of a man who has been hospitalized since then, health authorities announced yesterday Friday .
“The Department of Public Health announces the death of a man who was in the intensive care unit with third-degree burns,” explains a press release.
According to the deputy director of the emergency surgery center, Julián García, the search is still ongoing at the disaster site: “Until all the debris is removed, the search will not stop” to find missing people, he said.
The powerful explosion hit a commercial area of San Cristóbal, the capital of the province of the same name, on Monday at around 15:10 [σ.σ. τοπική ώρα· περί τις 22:10 ώρα Ελλάδας]. The cause of the disaster, which was followed by a widespread fire, remains unknown and authorities say only that they are investigating.
San Cristóbal, with about 700,000 inhabitants, is the fourth most populous province of the Dominican Republic, which shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti.
Source :Skai
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