英语文摘:Clinic explosion kills 27 in northern Syria

DAMASCUS, May 31 (Xinhua) -- At least 27 people were killed and 30 others wounded on Sunday when a fuel tank exploded on a clinic rooftop in northern Syria, the official Syrian TV said.

The Maysaloun clinic in the city of Hasaka was set on fire after the fuel tank exploded, the report said, adding that most of the victims were children who were taking vaccines at the clinic while the blast occurred.

Meanwhile, the oppositional Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fire at the clinic broke out after a gas cylinder exploded, causing other oxygen cylinders to go off as well.

It noted that many of the wounded are in critical conditions.