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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.
17 lis 2009 · At 12:23 a.m. on October 23, a large vapor cloud ignited at the Caribbean Petroleum facility near San Juan, Puerto Rico. The blast damaged homes and businesses over a mile from the facility. Investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board arrived in Puerto Rico that evening.
Washington, D.C., October 21, 2015 – The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today voted on the final investigation report into the 2009 massive explosion at the Caribbean Petroleum, or CAPECO, terminal facility near San Juan, Puerto Rico; the report includes recommendations for addressing regulatory gaps in safety oversight of petroleum storage ...
22 paź 2015 · Washington – After months of delays, Chemical Safety Board members approved the agency’s final investigation report on a 2009 Caribbean Petroleum refinery explosion that injured three people and damaged about 300 homes near San Juan, Puerto Rico.
24 paź 2009 · Officials in Puerto Rico have ordered the evacuation of a whole neighbourhood near the capital after an explosion at an oil refinery triggered a major fire. The blast at an oil refinery...
5 sie 2020 · A laboratory explosion Tuesday morning sparked a huge fire at a refinery in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, specializing in recycled oils and lubricants.
23 paź 2009 · 23 Oct 2009. The fire destroyed 11 of the Bayamon oil facility’s 40 storage tanks, which contained products such as jet fuel, bunker fuel and petrol. Agents from the US Federal Bureau of...
