东巴尔的摩可口可乐一装瓶厂发生爆炸4人受伤

巴尔的摩市消防官员表示，东巴尔的摩一家瓶装厂内发生一起涉及二氧化碳的事故，造成4 人受伤。

据巴尔的摩市消防局消息，周日上午 10 点 30 分左右，消防人员接到报警，赶往北克雷森街的可口可乐联合瓶装公司厂区。现场通报称，处理二氧化碳的相关设备发生了一起爆炸类事故。

副局长雅各布・范盖尔德称：“听起来这是一起高压相关事故，与其说是爆炸，不如说是涉及二氧化碳高压作业的过程引发了此次事件。我们已联动包括马里兰州环境部（MDE）在内的相关应急部门到场处置。险情已迅速得到控制，在我看来，整个处置过程进展顺利。”

消防官员表示，该事故共造成4 人受伤：其中 2 人被送往医院，另外 2 人在现场接受治疗后已出院。在送医的 2 人中，1 人伤势危重，另 1 人伤势严重，但截至最新核查情况，病情已趋于稳定。

目前，该事故仍在调查中。

Four people were hurt after an incident involving carbon dioxide inside an East Baltimore bottling plant, Baltimore City fire officials said.

Firefighters were called around 10:30 a.m. Sunday to the Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated Co. facility on North Kresson Street, where firefighters were told there was an explosion involving equipment that handles carbon dioxide, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.

"It sounds like it was a high-pressure incident, so not so much an explosion but a process involves high pressure with carbon dioxide, and that was related to this," said Deputy Chief Jacob VanGelder. "We called some of our other response partners, including MDE, who came out. It was quickly mitigated; it went smoothly on our end as far as I'm concerned."

Fire officials say four people were injured as a result of the incident. Two were taken to the hospital, while two were treated at the scene and released. Of the two taken to the hospital, fire officials said one has critical injuries while another has serious injuries but at last check is stable.

The incident remains under investigation.