At least three people have died in a gas explosion at a hospital in the city of Concepcion in Chile, the local chief of police told media yesterday.
Speaking to the Cooperativa radio station, Rodrigo Medina said others had also been injured in the explosion.
Photos circulating on other media showed severe damage to buildings.
Mayor Alvaro Ortiz told the La Tercera newspaper that there had been a gas leak in the hospital before the explosion.
A gas company had checked the pipes and ordered an evacuation of the hospital.
The explosion happened as the doctors and patients were returning to the building, he said.
The Clinica Sanatorio Aleman was founded in 1997 by German-born physicians in Concepcion in central Chile, south-west of the capital Santiago.
The hospital says it is one of the biggest in the region.
Firefighters work inside a clinic, after an explosion by an apparent gas leak, that resulted in death, injuries and serious damage to building’s structure in Concepcion, Chile, yesterday.
