2024-08-15 04:50:58
At least 8 people, including 2 babies, lost their lives after a gas explosion in Venezuela. The house where the accident happened collapsed on top of them.
At least 8 killed including small children and several injured after gas #explosion in #Caracas #Venezuela neighborhood @YvetteT51 @Telemundo51 pic.twitter.com/S7b8njO5LA
— JRodriguez (@JRodzMIA) August 13, 2024
Twenty-two people were rescued from the rubble and taken to hospitals, the governor of the state of Miranda, Hector Rodríguez, announced in X.
#VENEZUELA| Eleven dead after house explosion due to gas leak in Caracas https://t.co/B2skxrAc9q
— El Doral (@ElDoral_) August 13, 2024
“Unfortunately, eight people died, among them two babies,” explained the governor.
Monday morning #12Aug The explosion of a gas cylinder was reported in a three-story house located in the Unión de Petare neighborhood in the El Bambú sector, leaving 11 dead, including two five-day-old newborns.#13Ago #Petare#Caracas pic.twitter.com/jDD0Gg6OeF
— Cristofer Peñaloza (@CristoferPealo6) August 13, 2024
According to the media in Venezuela, the victims were a total of 11, writes Barron’s.