अमेरिका में मकान का बहुमंजिला डेक टूटा, कम से कम 22 लोग घायल - 22 लोग घायल

अमेरिका मे दमकल कर्मी के वार्षिक उत्सव के दौरान एक मकान का डेक टूट गया. इसमें 22 लोग घायल हो गए है. पता लगाया जा रहा कि घायलों में कितने लोग दमकल कर्मी हैं.

घटना स्थल की तस्वीर

Published : Sep 15, 2019, 12:42 PM IST

Updated : Sep 30, 2019, 4:38 PM IST

वशिंगटनः न्यू जर्सी के वाइल्डवुड में प्रत्येक वर्ष दमकल विभाग का वार्षिक समारोह मनाया जाता है इस बार उत्सव के दौरान एक मकान का बहुमंजिला डक टूटने से 22 लोग घायल हो गए.

घटना में किसी के मारे जाने की सूचना नहीं है. हालांकि घायल होने वालों में छोटे बच्चे भी शामिल हैं.

अधिकारियों ने बताया कि कार्यक्रम का आयोजन 14 सितबंर को वाइल्डवुड में किया गया था. शाम करीब छह बजे यह दुर्घटना हुई.

अभी यह स्पष्ट नहीं है कि घटना के वक्त डेक के ऊपर और नीचे कितने लोग मौजूद थे और उनके से कितने दमकल विभाग के कर्मचारी थे. अधिकारियों का कहना है कि फंसे हुए सभी लोगों को तुरंत निकाल लिया गया.

पढ़ेंः कैलिफोर्निया में नौका में लगी भीषण आग, 34 लोग लापता

इस वार्षिक कार्यक्रम में हजारों की संख्या में मौजूदा और पूर्व दमकल कर्मी भाग लेते हैं. दुर्घटना में घायल होने वालों में दमकल कर्मी भी हैं.

पढ़ेंः कैलिफोर्निया में नौका में लगी भीषण आग, 34 लोग लापता

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Decks collapse during firefighter event; at least 22 injured
Wildwood, (New Jersey, US), Sep 15 (AP) A home's multilevel deck collapsed Saturday evening at the Jersey Shore during an event weekend, trapping people and injuring at least 22, including some children, officials said.
No deaths were reported.
The collapse happened around 6 p.m. Saturday in Wildwood during the annual New Jersey Firemen's Convention.
It was unclear how many people were on or under the decks at the time, or how many were firefighters, but authorities said those who were trapped were quickly removed.
The annual convention attracts thousands of current and former firefighters to the resort town. Firefighters were likely among those hurt or trapped.
Cape May Regional Health System said 21 people were taken there, at least three of them children. Eleven patients had been released by 10 p.m., including all the children who were admitted, hospital spokeswoman Susan Staeger said.
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City said at least one additional person was taken there.
The conditions of the remaining hospitalized people wasn't known.
Photos and video on social media showed firefighters trying to lift a piece of decking.
Images showed multiple levels of decking ripped away from the building and reduced to beams and splintered wood.
The decks appeared to have been attached to a three-story building and topped by a fourth-floor overhang.
The second and third levels appeared to have pancaked onto a first-floor deck. The overhang looked intact.
Nearby resident Joann Devito saw the collapse from a deck across the street.
"I was sitting on the deck up there, and I heard this noise, so I turned and looked and saw the whole thing caving in," she said.
"I saw two women running and screaming. It was horrible."
Wildwood Fire Chief Daniel Speigel said authorities would not make a statement Saturday amid attempts to clean up and investigate.
More information is likely on Sunday, he said. (AP)
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