SANTO DOMINGO: Ten people have died after a shop in the Dominican Republic exploded, with 11 still missing and 37 people injured, President Luis Abinader said Tuesday.
The explosion on Monday shook the commercial area of San Cristobal, less than 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the capital Santo Domingo, sparking a fire and a massive column of smoke.
Abinader visited the site, sending condolences to the relatives of "the ten people, men, women, and children, reported dead."
"We are doing all that is humanly possible ... to investigate the situation of 11 missing. There are around 37 people hospitalized," he said.
Authorities said Monday that a four-month-old baby was among the deceased.
The cause of the explosion has not been revealed.