అమెరికాలో పేలుడు- 21 మందికి గాయాలు - ఫ్లోరిడా

అమెరికాలో పేలుడు సంభవించి 21 మంది గాయపడ్డారు. ఫ్లోరిడాలోని ఓ రెస్టారెంట్లో జరిగిన ఈ ఘటనలో రెస్టారెంట్ భవనం పూర్తిగా నేలమట్టమైంది. వెంటనే స్పందించిన అగ్నిమాపక సిబ్బంది సహాయక చర్యలు చేపట్టింది.

అమెరికాలో పేలుడు- 21 మందికి గాయాలు

Published : Jul 7, 2019, 9:24 AM IST

Updated : Jul 7, 2019, 11:32 AM IST

అమెరికాలోని ఫ్లోరిడాలో పేలుడు సంభవించింది. 21 మందికి తీవ్ర గాయాలయ్యాయి. వీరిలో ఇద్దరి పరిస్థితి విషమంగా ఉంది. ఓ షాపింగ్ మాల్లోని రెస్టారెంట్లో ఈ ఘటన చోటుచేసుకుంది. పేలుడు సమయంలో రెస్టారెంట్ ఖాళీగా ఉండటం వల్ల భారీ ప్రాణనష్టం తప్పిందని అధికారులు వెల్లడించారు.

ఘటనాస్థలానికి చేరుకున్న అగ్నిమాపక సిబ్బంది సహాయక చర్యలు చేపట్టింది. ప్రమాదానికి గల కారణాలపై స్పష్టత లేదు. గ్యాస్ పైపు పేలడం వల్లే ఈ ఘటన జరిగిందని అధికారులు భావిస్తున్నారు.

పేలుడు ధాటికి రెస్టారెంట్ పూర్తిగా నేలమట్టమైంది. ఆ శిథిలాలు రద్దీగా ఉన్న రోడ్డుపై పడటం వల్ల పరిసర ప్రాంతాల్లోని పలు కార్యాలయాలతో పాటు వాహనాలు దెబ్బతిన్నాయి.

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Madrid - 6 July 2019
1. Alain Guefack leaves his residency wearing rainbow flag on his way to Gay Pride Parade
2. Guefack walking along river
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Alain Guefack, asylum seeker:
"It is very hard to forget the wounds from the past but we must find strength again to continue living today. I try to rebuild myself with a new strategy, with renewed faith and simply trying to enjoy life."
4. Close of Guefack
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Alain Guefack, asylum seeker:
"Gay Pride is a huge event for me, I had never watched it in the past or could never imagined that there was such a huge event that supported LGBT people and today I'm lucky to be able to watch this event. That brings me many emotions, a lot of happiness and I'm getting to smile at life again."
6. Guefack with friends walking towards Gay Pride parade
7. Guefack arrives at parade
8. Guefack joins in with chants
9. Top shot of crowds at Gay Pride event
10. Guefack enjoying parade with friend
11. Fight demonstraton during event
12. Man dancing
13. Pariticipants of parade
14. Top shot of crowds at Pride march
15. Large rainbow flag being carried
16. Guefack walks along route of march
17. Guefack has photo taken
18. Guefack on open top bus
19. People on bus
20. People dancing
21. Guefack waves flag from bus
22. Women dancing
23. Guefack dancing on bus with friend
++NIGHT SHOTS++
24. Top shot night parade reaches Cibeles Square
25. Various participants on open top bus dancing
26. Open top bus
27. Parade participants on open top bus dancing
STORYLINE:
It's been a long, difficult and dangerous journey for Alain Guefack to enjoy his first Gay Pride Parade.
Guefack, from Cameroon, suffered homophobic attacks in a country where his sexuality is illegal.
In Madrid, on Saturday, he wore the rainbow flag with pride as he took part in one of the largest Gay Pride parades in the world
Fearing death, Guefack left Cameroon, hoping to get to Belgium. He said he was caught up in hellish conditions in Libya where he was forced into slave labour.
In June 2018 he and 120 others boarded an unseaworthy boat. On the brink of drowing Guefack was rescued by the ship Aquarius.
After being rejected by other European countries, the Aquarius was give safe harbour in Valencia, Spain.
Guefack has found work and made friends in Spain.
Though the scars of his experiences run deep, Guefack says he is determined to "rebuild myself with a new strategy, with renewed faith and simply trying to enjoy life."
As he smiled, waved and danced on top of an open-top bus Guefack felt he was a lucky man.
"I'm lucky to be able to watch this event. That brings me many emotions, a lot of happiness and I'm getting to smile at life again."
Guefack was among hundreds of thousands of others who took to the streets in Saturday's joyful march.
The Gay Pride event celebrated sexual and gender diversity as much as it called for better care for elder LGBTQ people and a nation-wide law that, among other long-running demands, would standardise rights for transgender people across the country.
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Last Updated : Jul 7, 2019, 11:32 AM IST

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