Izikhulu zibike ukuthi ibhuloho laseBaltimore uFrancis Scott Key, elinwebeka ngamamayela angu-1.6 (2.57 km) eMaryland, yawa ezintatha zangoLwesibili kulandela ukushayisana nomkhumbi wamabhokisi.
Ngokusho kwezikhulu, le ngozi ishiye abantu abayisikhombisa emanzini. Ividiyo ebukhoma elayishwe ku-YouTube ikhombisa umkhumbi ushayisa ibhuloho, okuholele ekubhidlikeni kwezindawo ezimbalwa emfuleni iPatapsco.
UMnyango Wezomlilo weDolobha lase-Baltimore uhlukanise lesi sigameko njengesigameko sokushona kwabantu abaningi futhi waqala imizamo yokusesha abantu abalahlekile emfuleni. U-Kevin Cartwright, umqondisi wezokuxhumana eMnyangweni Wezomlilo wase-Baltimore, wazise abeReuters ukuthi izingcingo eziningi ze-911 zamukelwe ngabo-1:30 ekuseni, zibika ukushayisana komkhumbi ne-Key Bridge, okubangele ukuwa kwawo.
Amaphoyisa ase-Baltimore aziswe ngalesi simo ngo-1:35 am ET (535 GMT) ngoLwesibili. Ngokusho kwe-Associated Press, izimoto eziningi ziphonse emanzini ngenxa yale ngozi.
UFrancis Scott Key Bridge e-Baltimore ngesikhathi somthelela (isithombe-skrini esivela kuvidiyo ye-YouTube)
Idatha yokulandela umkhumbi ehlinzekwe yi-LSEG ikhombisa ukuba khona komkhumbi wamabhokisi ama-Singapore, i-Dali, endaweni ye-Key Bridge lapho kwenzeke khona isigameko. I-Grace Ocean Pte Ltd ifakwe ohlwini njengomnikazi obhalisiwe womkhumbi, kuyilapho i-Synergy Marine Group isebenza njengomphathi, ngokwamarekhodi e-LSEG.
I-Synergy Marine Corp ibike ukuthi umkhumbi wamabhokisi “Dali,” owawuphephezelisa ifulegi laseSingapore, ushayisane nenye yezinsika zebhuloho. Bakuqinisekisile ukuthi bonke abasebenzi, okuhlanganisa nabashayeli bezindiza ababili, batholakele, kanti bekungakabikwa muntu olimele.
Amatheminali echweba lase-Baltimore, kokubili okuyimfihlo nesesidlangalaleni, aphathe izimoto ezingu-847,158 namaloli amancane ngo-2023, aphezulu kakhulu kuzo zonke izikebhe zase-US. Ukwengeza, itheku lilawula ukuthuthwa kwemishini yezolimo neyokwakha, ushukela, i-gypsum, namalahle, ngokolwazi olutholakala kuwebhusayithi kahulumeni waseMaryland. Iziphathimandla zechweba laseBaltimore azizange ziphendule ngokushesha esicelweni seReuters sokuphawula.
Ibhuloho elingukhiye, eliqanjwe ngoFrancis Scott Key, lavulwa ngo-1977, ngezindleko zokwakha ezilinganiselwa ku-$60.3 million.
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