{"id":518233,"date":"2026-07-28T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/number-of-injured-rises-to-23-after-boat-explosion-in-bayahibe\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:17:00","slug":"number-of-injured-rises-to-23-after-boat-explosion-in-bayahibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/number-of-injured-rises-to-23-after-boat-explosion-in-bayahibe\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of injured rises to 23 after boat explosion in Bayah\u00edbe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bayah\u00edbe.<\/strong>\u2013 The Bayah\u00edbe Fire Department reported that the number of people injured following the explosion of a boat near Saona Island has risen to 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the authorities, the incident occurred while the vessel was sailing back toward the coast, which triggered a large-scale rescue operation involving civilian vessels and units of the Dominican Republic Navy to assist the occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Directorate of Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care (DAEH) coordinated the transfer of the injured to various health centers. A total of 16 patients were taken to the Central Romana Medical Center, while another seven received assistance at the Canela I Hospital, where they remain under medical evaluation due to the injuries sustained, primarily from burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/nacionales\/coe-concluye-rescate-tras-explosion\/\">COE concludes rescue after tourist boat explosion in La Romana; 16 people hospitalized<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) and the Tourist Police (Politur) are keeping the area secured while investigations are underway to determine the causes that led to the explosion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayah\u00edbe.\u2013 The Bayah\u00edbe Fire Department reported that the number of people injured following the explosion of a boat near Saona Island has risen to 23. According to the authorities, the incident occurred while the vessel was sailing back toward the coast, which triggered a large-scale rescue operation involving civilian vessels and units of the Dominican [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133559,"featured_media":518234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2aOB","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/images-7-2.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Preciosa Jimenez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/images-7-2.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}