Blast In Texas Hospital Left 1 Dead, 12 Injured
Blast In Texas Hospital Left 1 Dead, 12 Injured: At least one person was killed and 12 others were injured during after an explosion at a hospital at Gatesville in Texas, US media, citing authorities reported.
According to initial reports, the explosion occurred in an area where the hospital is being expanded, while the investigators are looking into a boiler room that was under construction.
The blast was so loud; it shook walls and knocked out power in parts of town, black smoke billowing after the explosion on hospital grounds. The hospital has been shut down and the patients were being sent other hospitals in the area, said reports.
The emergency crews grouped the area to start rescue operation at Coryell Memorial Healthcare System.
The blast occurred at about 14:30 local time today in an area under construction at the facility in the city of Gatesville.
One eyewitness said an electrical generator had blown up at the site.
The hospital and nearby nursing homes were evacuated and power was reportedly lost in some areas of Gatesville.
Images and footage of the incident shared on social media showed black smoke billowing from the grounds of Coryell Memorial Hospital.
Initial reports suggested that the blast occurred in an area on the hospital grounds where a new wing was being built. Investigators are said to be looking at a boiler room that was under construction.
The Coryell County emergency management co-ordinator, Bob Harrell, said some of those injured had suffered severe burns and were taken to the Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, the Associated Press news agency reported.
Search dogs will examine the wreckage of the wing despite all workers being accounted for, Mr Harrell added.
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