嵐で巨大看板倒壊、死傷者７０人超　印ムンバイ

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】インド西部の商都ムンバイのガソリンスタンドで１３日、強風にあおられて巨大看板が倒れ、１２人が死亡、少なくとも６０人が負傷した。当局が同日、発表した。（写真は、巨大看板の倒壊事故現場で行われる救助活動。インド西部ムンバイで）
　数十人が倒壊した看板の下敷きになったとされ、現場では重機を使って生存者の捜索活動が行われている。
　国家災害対応部隊の管理官は、これまでに８人の遺体を収容したが、４人は下敷きになったままだと説明。「遺体の場所は確認できているが、給油機があり作業を進めることができない。危険な状況となり得る」と語った。
　地元当局によると、救出された６０人の負傷者はすでに病院に搬送されている。
　ムンバイ警察は、Ｘ（旧ツイッター）への投稿で、看板の高さは７０メートル、幅は５０メートルほどだったと明らかにした。
　降雨と砂嵐を伴う荒天に見舞われていたムンバイでは、交通にも影響が出た他、樹木が根こそぎ倒れたり、一部地域で停電が発生したりした。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/05/14-16:57）

Twelve people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in India's financial capital Mumbai, officials said Monday.
An excavator was digging through the wreckage as rescuers raced to find any survivors after the signage collapsed at a petrol station in the city's east, trapping dozens of people underneath.
Eight bodies had already been removed from the wreckage, Gaurav Chauhan, an inspector with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), said.
Four more bodies are still buried inside the debris, he added.
We have located them but we cannot remove them due to this petrol pump and the situation can be hazardous, he said.
Earlier, a statement from municipal authorities said that 60 people had been rescued and admitted to hospital.
The collapsed billboard measured 70 by 50 metres, according to a post on social media platform X by Mumbai's police force.
Mumbai was hit by strong winds accompanied by rain and dust storms on Thursday that uprooted trees and caused brief power outages in parts of the city, along with disruptions to the city's train network.
Indian media reports said flights were temporarily suspended at the city's international airport with at least 15 planes diverted.
Devendra Fadnavis, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra state, said the injured were being treated at Rajawadi Hospital.
A high-level inquiry has been ordered into the incident, Fadnavis said in a post on X.