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The tree was a
200-year-old oak, local media report
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A little girl
was among those killed, the regional health chief says
(CNN).Thirteen people were
killed and 49 others injured when an enormous tree fell Tuesday in Madeira,
Portugal, officials said.
The tree came down
during an important Catholic celebration on the island, regional Health
Secretary Pedro Ramos said in a televised news conference.
The dead and injured
had gathered to honor Our Lady of the Mountain at a church in a village near
the island's main city of Funchal, Ramos said. Tuesday marked the Assumption of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, when Catholics celebrate the assumption of the body of
Jesus Christ's mother into heaven. It is one of six Catholic holy days of
obligation.
A spokesman for the
Funchal Hospital announced the 13th death on Tuesday. Sixteen of the injured
people remain in the hospital, he said.
Massive
tree crashes down
A little girl was
among those killed, Ramos said, adding that seven of the injured were in
serious condition, with three people expected to require surgery. Three foreign
nationals -- one each from France, Germany and Hungary -- were among the
injured, he said.
Portuguese President
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was expected to arrive Tuesday on the island, said the
president of the regional government, Miguel Albuquerque.
Portuguese Prime
Minister António Costa offered his condolences on Twitter.
Madeira, a popular
tourist destination dubbed the "pearl of the Atlantic," is the
largest of several Portuguese islands in the North Atlantic.
CNN's
Michelle Krupa contributed to this report.
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