On Wednesday, about 11 o’clock in the morning in one of the campuses of a private school in Minneapolis explosion, the website of FOX 5.
According to firefighters, the explosion was triggered by a gas leakthat occurred due to repair work at the school. The accident was hospitalized 5 people.
«At the moment we have no fatalities,» he told reporters outside the school the assistant Secretary of fire protection of Minneapolis, Brian Tyner. «But there are two missing».
Tyner has not commented on whether or not these people are school officials or someone from the builders, who, according to him, worked in the boiler room. He said that one of five hospitalized was in critical condition.
The school Minnehaha stated that the explosion occurred in a high school campus, which is located near the Mississippi river in East Minneapolis.
It is unknown how many people were in the building during the explosion. Sarah Jacobson, one of the students that were in school at the time of the explosion, said that in the school at that time were about 10 students. But all the children were calculated and now they can pick up parents and guardians.
Tanner said all of the schools that collapsed were inspected and cleaned.
Officials on matters of fire protection continues to evaluate how will be the examination of the injured part of the school.
«We have to be very careful,’ said Tanner. «Any movement could cause collapse».
Minnesota Governor mark Dayton said that his office maintains liaison with all services of Minneapolis, and state «will provide any resources necessary for doctors to provide first aid to the victims».
