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Original Post Date: 2008-03-15 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: JoAn
Submitted by Adriana Stuijt:
Llazar Semini, Associated Press Writer reports:
Saturday, March 15, 2008 8:46 AM – TIRANA, Albania- A powerful explosion at an army munitions depot near Tirana injured nearly 155 people near Albania’s capital, Tirana, and damaged the city’s nearby international airport, authorities said.
The blast prompted authorities to suspend flights for at least 30 minutes at Mother Theresa Tirana International Airport and residents around the blast-site are being evacuated.
The United States government is helping Albania in the dismantling of old communist-era weapons. At the time of the blasts, it is being reported, three teams of 21 men each were working at the old munitions storage-depot at Vora, 12 kilometres outside Tirana.
A large number of wounded fell among occupants of cars passing by on a highway nearby during the series of explosions.
The road is strewn with abandoned vehicles. Helicopters are evacuating residents surrounding the blast site.
Many victims are being treated at a nearby military hospital and at a hospital in Durres west of Tirana.
Ambulances and civilian vehicles are all rushing about, transporting injured victims.
The local TV carries pleas for blood-donors.
Police spokesman Klodian Branko said no fatalities had been confirmed but that at least 120 people had been hospitalized.
The blast was heard more than 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the area.
Prime Minister Sali Berisha described the situation as “serious”, adding that the area near the depot was being evacuated, his spokeswoman Juela Mecani said.
“It is an alarming situation,” Mecani told The Associated Press.
The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.
http://www.ap.org/
Source: http://msn.anp.nl/msn/nieuws.do?action=article&id=5825933