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The Humberto Vidal explosion (sometimes also referred to as the Río Piedras explosion) was a gas explosion that occurred on November 21, 1996 at the Humberto Vidal shoe store in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. The explosion killed 33 and wounded 69 others when the building collapsed. [2] It is one of the deadliest disasters to have occurred on the ...
Caribbean Gulf Petroleum Explosion from Baldrich, Hato Rey. Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño declared a state of emergency, and activated the Puerto Rico National Guard to support firefighters and aid the injured. Also, schools in the San Juan Metro Area were cancelled for the day, some schools near the explosion area were closed until 4 days ...
The Humberto Vidal explosion was a gas explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store, located in the Río Piedras area of San Juan, Puerto Rico, that killed 33 people and injured 69 others when the five-story building collapsed on February 21. November 1996.
Caribbean Petroleum Corporation (CAPECO) is an oil company in Puerto Rico which owned an oil refinery in Bayamón having a capacity of 48 thousand barrels per day (7.6 × 10 ^ 3 m 3 /d). In addition, it operated more than 200 service stations in Puerto Rico under the Gulf brand name.
4. Puerto Rico power outage. Power has been restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico after a massive outage on New Year’s Eve left much of the island in the dark. About 1.4 million users, or at ...
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Sunday approved a temporary waiver of U.S. cargo transport rules in order to provide Puerto Rico with liquefied natural gas as it recovers from ...
Puerto Rico's main airport, ... 49, who said she ate breakfast before work thanks to a small gas stove she bought for such events, told the Associated Press. Raúl Pacheco, a 63-year-old diabetic ...