A Minnesota school receptionist has been killed in an explosion that partially levelled the building and injured nine others, officials say.
據官方聲明，明尼蘇達州一學校的接待員在一場爆炸中喪生，該爆炸幾乎將大樓夷為平地，另有九人在事故中受傷。
Ruth Berg, 47, who was engaged to be married, was found by search crews in the rubble of Minnehaha Academy in the city of Minneapolis.
搜索人員在明尼阿波利斯市的明尼哈哈學校的殘磚斷瓦中發現了47歲的露絲·伯格，她本來很快就要結婚了。
One other person, 82-year-old school janitor John Carlson, is still missing after Wednesday morning’s blast.
82歲的學校看門人約翰·查爾森在週三早上的爆炸之後至今下落不明。
Investigators suspect natural gas caused the explosion.
調查人員懷疑是天然氣造成了該場爆炸。
School officials said in a Facebook post that Ms Berg had worked there for 17 years.
學校的工作人員在臉書上説露絲·伯格已經在該校工作了17年。
"As our receptionist, she welcomed everyone with a smile and was always willing to go the extra mile to help our students, families, and staff," they wrote.
“作為我們的接待員，她總是用微笑迎接每一個人，而且總是不遺餘力的幫助我們的學生、家人和工作人員”，他們寫道。
"She will be greatly missed. Please keep Ruth’s family, and our school community, in your prayers."
“我們會很想念她的。請大家在向上帝禱告的時候祈禱露絲的家人以及我們的師生社團平安順遂。”
Rescuers plucked three people from the roof after the explosion, which set part of the building ablaze.
救援人員在爆炸發生後從屋頂拉出三個人，這導致了部分建築物的燃燒。
Medics said three people were in a critical condition, four in a serious condition and two had "minor trauma".
醫院方面稱有三人情況危急，有四人傷勢嚴重，有兩人受“輕微創傷”。
Mr Carlson, the missing janitor, was a 1953 graduate of Minnehaha Academy who also sent his children there, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
據明尼阿波利斯星壇報報道，失蹤的學校門衞查爾斯先生是明尼哈哈學校1953年的畢業生，他還把自己的孩子也送入這所學校唸書。
He began his caretaker job at the school in 2003 and was known for his generosity in handing out ice cream bars to staff and students.
他於2003年起開始在學校擔任看守工作，他慷慨的為人大家都有目共睹，他常向工作人員和學生髮放冰棍。