A street vendor\u2019s cooking gas container exploded on Saturday night amid a Carnival celebration in the Bolivian city of Oruro, killing eight and injuring 40 others,<\/p>\n
police said.<\/p>\n
The vendor, who was cooking deep fried llama rinds, had likely dripped hot oil onto the hose of the cooking gas container, prompting the blast, Oruro police<\/p>\n
chief Romel Ra\u00f1a said.<\/p>\n
The accident took place on a crowded street not far from the main route of the festival\u2019s 4-km (2.5-mile) parade. Three children were killed and several others<\/p>\n
were in critical care, he said.<\/p>\n
President Evo Morales on Saturday night expressed his condolences on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are dismayed at the news of the deaths caused by the explosion,\u201d Morales wrote.<\/p>\n
Oruro is a high-altitude city of 265,000 located about three hours southeast of the country\u00b4s capital of La Paz.<\/p>\n
The city\u00b4s well-known Carnival festival, one of countless such celebrations throughout Latin America this weekend and early next week, is expected to attract<\/p>\n
upwards of 400,000 visitors from Bolivia and abroad, tourism officials said.<\/p>\n
The 10-day festival includes as many as 6,000 musicians and thousands more dancers in bright-colored masks and folkloric dress and was declared a cultural<\/p>\n
heritage site by the United Nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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