官员表示，巴基斯坦南部一家政府运营的医疗机构内，一辆停放的救护车上的氧气瓶发生爆炸，造成至少10人死亡，其中包括该机构的一名患者。
Officials say an oxygen cylinder exploded inside a parked ambulance at a government-run medical facility in southern Pakistan, killing at least 10 people, including a patient of the facility.
巴基斯坦卡拉奇——警察和医院官员周四表示，爆炸发生在夜间，地点位于信德省的塔尔帕尔卡尔区，区警察局长阿里夫·阿齐兹如是说。他表示，遇难者包括医疗机构的工作人员、病患及其亲属。
KARACHI, Pakistan —An oxygen cylinder exploded inside a parked ambulance at a government-run medical facility in southern Pakistan, killing at least 10 people, including a patient of the facility, police and hospital officials said Thursday. The blast occurred overnight in Tharparkar district in the Sindh province, said district Police Chief Arif Aziz.
当地警官哈利勒·阿布罗说，爆炸发生时，患者正被转移到另一家医院。社交媒体和电视台播出的画面显示，一辆汽车被烈火吞噬，其中一扇车门敞开。另一张照片显示，该车烧焦的车架停在建筑物外，人们站在附近。
He said the victims included staff at the medical facility, patients, and their relatives. Local police official Khalil Abro said patients were being transferred to another hospital when the explosion occurred. Images on social media and on television stations showed flames engulfing a vehicle, with one door open.
根据巴基斯坦总统办公室发表的一份声明，巴基斯坦总统阿西夫·阿里·扎尔达里对死亡事件表示悲痛，并呼吁进行迅速、透明的调查以确定原因。
Another image showed its blackened frame outside a building as people stood nearby. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari expressed sorrow over the deaths and called for a prompt, transparent investigation to determine the cause, according to a statement from his office.
他还敦促有关当局加强安全措施，以防止类似事件再次发生，向遇难者家属致以慰问，并祝愿伤者早日康复。
He also urged authorities to strengthen safety measures to prevent similar incidents, offered condolences to the victims’ families and wished the injured a speedy recovery.
今年8月，伊斯兰堡的巴基斯坦医学科学研究所内，空调爆炸引发了一场火灾，导致育儿室内的14名新生儿死亡。从该育儿室获救的唯一婴儿在数周后死亡，使死亡人数达到15人。
In August, a fire triggered by an exploding air conditioner killed 14 newborns in a nursery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad. The only baby rescued from the nursery died weeks later, bringing the death toll to 15.