Nine die in Dominican Republic fire

Santo Domingo, Nov 26 (IANS/EFE) At least nine people died in a fire started by an explosion at a hospital in Dominican Republic, officials said.

The fire engulfed a wing of the hospital that is still under construction late Wednesday in Santo Domingo Norte city, killing the people working inside, an official said.

“We have recovered nine bodies,” Santo Domingo Norte fire department operations chief Leonardo Valdez Recio told EFE.

Valdez said that firefighters confirmed the deaths of two women and seven men.

–IANS/EFE