[size=6]At least 30 tourists injured in Phuket resort explosion[/size]
PHUKET: -- Medical staff at Patong Hosptial were treating at least 30 patients and ferrying many of them to Vachira Hospital in Phuket City as fast as possible.
It is believed the mass injuries were caused in a burning incident at a Karon resort today. The injuries are thought to be related to a swimming pool chemical.
The names of 38 patients were posted on the wall outside Patong Hospital, north of Karon. The hospital emergency section was dealing with all the injured.
Children were among those being treated and transferred. Although the hospital had posted a list of names, no nationalities were given.
Many European names were on the list.
[size=4]Medical staff said the cause of the incident and its consequences would be fully explained once the majority of the cases had been treated.
At least one person was categorised as seriously injured but most of the people being treated did not appear to be seriously injured.
Phuketwan was told that the resort involved had been cordoned off.[/size]
-- Phuketwan.com 2012-02-18
