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Also in
the news section:  Surprisingly few injuries
Gas explosion and fire in the
banking districtphotos by Allan Hawkins V. On
February 9 a
Tropigas truck was refilling the tank at the Sushi Express restaurant
just off of Calle 50 when something went wrong. A fire and a series of
gas tank explosions rocked the area, burning a Tropigas worker
seriously enough to land him in the hospital (it seems that he will
survive), damaging more than 20 cars and engulfing the Edificio America
in which the restaurant is located. Four more people suffered minor
injuries and about 10 families were left homeless by the blaze.
Allan Hawkins was not far away, with his camera. The bomberos did a reasonably effective job at keeping the fire from spreading, but it was a public display of how many of the firefighters responded to the alarm without proper firefighting clothing. (For all of their incessant battles for control of the Cuerpo de Bomberos, you would think that the politicians would at least get it together to provide this, but think again.) Tropigas has been making an effort to be a good corporate citizen about this, cooperating with the fire inspectors' investigation and telling those whose cars, homes or businesses were damaged to contact them so that they and their insurance company could quickly reimburse them.  Also in
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