NewsWhore
06-04-2009, 05:31 PM
In the early hours of this morning two loud explosions interrupted the sleep of residents in Santo Domingo East, as a propane gas facility in San Isidro caught fire at 12:30am. The explosions left seven people with first-degree burns.
No fatalities were reported although at least seven passers-by were injured.
The propane station is located across the street from the La Moneda urbanization, close to the corner of Privada on the San Isidro Highway.
The commanding officer of the Santo Domingo East Fire Department, Colonel Javier Bueno, said that the wounded were taken to the Burn Unit at the Luis Eduardo Aybar (Morgan) Hospital, while the watchmen who were on duty at the station managed to escape in time and save their lives.
He said that firefighters prevented a third explosion by cooling down a third large propane tank until the fire burned itself out.
Bueno said that another person was injured when someone tried to rob him.
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No fatalities were reported although at least seven passers-by were injured.
The propane station is located across the street from the La Moneda urbanization, close to the corner of Privada on the San Isidro Highway.
The commanding officer of the Santo Domingo East Fire Department, Colonel Javier Bueno, said that the wounded were taken to the Burn Unit at the Luis Eduardo Aybar (Morgan) Hospital, while the watchmen who were on duty at the station managed to escape in time and save their lives.
He said that firefighters prevented a third explosion by cooling down a third large propane tank until the fire burned itself out.
Bueno said that another person was injured when someone tried to rob him.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)