Hundreds of emergency workers combed the site of a five-story apartment building in southern Ukraine Thursday after a series of explosions reduced it to rubble, authorities said.
有关部门说，乌克兰南部一幢五层公寓楼周四发生一系列爆炸，导致大楼变成一片废墟，数百名紧急救援人员对该建筑进行了彻底搜查。
The blasts Wednesday night in the Black Sea resort town of Yevpatoria left at least 17 people dead and 24 others missing, according to Igor Krol, a spokesman for the Ukraine's Emergency Situations Ministry.
乌克兰紧急情况部发言人伊戈尔·克罗尔(Igor Krol)说，周三晚上发生在黑海度假胜地耶夫帕托里亚(Yevpatoria)的爆炸造成至少17人死亡，24人失踪。
21 people have been rescued. "We are now investigating all possible reasons for the explosions," Krol said.
21人获救。“我们正在调查所有可能造成爆炸的原因，”克罗尔说。
Volodymiyr Shandra, the Ukrainian Emergency Situations minister, told local media that oxygen canisters being stored in the basement of the building could have triggered the blasts.
乌克兰紧急情况部部长沃洛迪米尔·珊德拉(volodymir Shandra)对当地媒体表示，存放在大楼地下室的氧气罐可能引发了爆炸。
Television footage showed rescuers trying to free people buried underneath fallen debris, while others scrabbled through wires, construction rods and boulders.
电视画面显示，救援人员试图救出被埋在废墟下的人们，而其他人则在电线、建筑杆和大圆石周围搜寻伤者。