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  2. 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire - Wikipedia

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    The 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire, also known as the CAPECO explosion, was a fire that began with an explosion on October 23, 2009, and was extinguished on October 25 at the Caribbean Petroleum Corporation (CAPECO) oil refinery and oil depot in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. [1]

  3. Caribbean Petroleum Corporation - Wikipedia

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    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 Firefighters Corps - Wikipedia

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    The Cataño oil refinery fire on October 23, 2009. One of the oil tanks in flames. On October 23, 2009, at 12:23 AM, seven oil storage tanks from the Caribbean Petroleum Corporation (CAPECO) in Bayamón, Puerto Rico , exploded causing an expansive wave from the epicenter into a five-mile radius.

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  6. Colombia plane was 'without fuel' before crash, according to ...

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    According to the pilot's final words, the plane was in fuel emergency, had no electrical power, and was preparing for an emergency landing.

  7. List of pipeline accidents in the United States in the 2000s

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    The explosion ejected a 49-foot (15 m) section of the pipe from the crater, in three pieces measuring approximately 3 feet (0.91 m), 20 feet (6.1 m), and 26 feet (7.9 m) in length. The largest piece of pipe was found about 287 feet (87 m) northwest of the crater.

  8. Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

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    March 2008 – The mineral rights to drill for oil at the Macondo well, located in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the United States sector of the Gulf of Mexico about 41 miles (66 km) off the Louisiana coast, were purchased by BP at the Minerals Management Service's (MMS) Lease Sale No. 206, held in New Orleans.

  9. Pan Am Flight 103 - Wikipedia

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    The explosion occurred almost directly under the second A in "Pan Am" on this side of the fuselage, in the forward cargo hold. The aircraft operating Pan Am Flight 103 was a Boeing 747-121 , MSN 19646, registered as N739PA [ 9 ] and named Clipper Maid of the Seas. [ 10 ]