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Río Piedras Explosion
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. It is one of the deadliest disasters to have occurred on the island. Explosion The explosion occurred at about 8:35 a.m. on Thursday, November 21, 1996 in the middle of a bustling commercial sector of Río Piedras. The six-story building that housed the Humberto Vidal shoe store, a jewelry store, a music shop store and the head offices of Humberto Vidal was virtually destroyed; it was later demolished. The immediate theory was that the explosion was caused by a bomb planted by clandestine paramilitaries or even arson because of previous deliberate acts. However, there was no trace of explosives, nor were there flammable materials an arsonist could have used. United States President Bill Clinton ...
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Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Río Piedras () (Spanish language, Spanish for ''stones river'') is a highly urbanized commercial and residential district in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, the capital Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico. Adjacent to the Hato Rey business center and concentrated in the Barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico, barrios of Pueblo, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Pueblo, Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Universidad, Hato Rey Sur, El Cinco, San Juan, Puerto Rico, El Cinco, and Monacillo Urbano, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monacillo Urbano, it is about from the Old San Juan historic quarter, Condado (Santurce), Condado and Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, Isla Verde resort areas, and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, SJU airport. It has been the home of the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, main campus of the University of Puerto Rico since 1903, earning the popular name of ''Ciudad Universitaria'' (college town). The largest health institution in the Geography of Puert ...
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Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)
''Primera Hora'' is a daily newspaper of Puerto Rico. History It was established on November 17, 1997, by Carlos Nido and Héctor Olave. Distributed free of charge through a print edition from Monday to Friday, readers can get ''Primera Hora'' through subscription, in establishments and at traffic lights throughout the island. Reaching more than 200,000 people with its regionalized distribution, Primerahora.com is also the second most visited local news website in Puerto Rico. ''Primera Hora'' also fleshed out questions raised by Puerto Rican politicians in 2002, by publishing research findings and even conducting its own research during a national controversy over music and , a popular dance move associated with reggaeton. ''Primera Hora'' conducted its minor survey on how dancing to reggaeton Reggaeton (, ) is a modern style of popular music, popular and electronic music that originated in Panamanian reggaetón, Panama during the late 1980s, and which rose to promi ...
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1996 Industrial Disasters
1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane 1996 Air Africa crash, crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing around 300 people. * January 9–January 20, 20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. * January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan. * January 13 – Prime Minister of Italy, Italy's Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government. * January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal. * January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. B ...
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Explosions In 1996
An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume of a given amount of matter associated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures and release of high-pressure gases. Explosions may also be generated by a slower expansion that would normally not be forceful, but is not allowed to expand, so that when whatever is containing the expansion is broken by the pressure that builds as the matter inside tries to expand, the matter expands forcefully. An example of this is a volcanic eruption created by the expansion of magma in a magma chamber as it rises to the surface. Supersonic explosions created by high explosives are known as detonations and travel through shock waves. Subsonic explosions are created by low explosives through a slower combustion process known as deflagration. Causes For an explosion to occur, there must be a rapid, forceful expansion of matter. There are numerous ways this can happen, both naturally and artificially, s ...
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Blueprint For Disaster
''Blueprint for Disaster'' is a Canadian documentary television series that premiered in 2004 on Discovery Channel Canada. Produced by Temple Street Productions, the program investigates why and how various disasters have happened. Toronto-based Voice Artist Adrian Bell provided the narration for the first series. The show also aired in the UK under the title ''Seconds from Disaster''. , two seasons have been produced. Episodes Season 1 Season 2 See also *''Seconds from Disaster'' *'' Seismic Seconds'' *''Mayday'' *'' Trapped'' References External links * by the Discovery Channel Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience. It init ... Temple Street Productions*{{IMDb title, 0481438 2000s Canadian documentary television series 2004 Canadian television series debuts 2008 Can ...
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Morris J
The Morris-Commercial J-type is a 10 cwt (0.5 ton) van launched by Morris Commercial in 1949 and produced until 1961. Subsequent to the formation of the British Motor Corporation in 1952, by the merger of Morris' parent company, the Nuffield Organization, and Austin, the Commercial part of the name was dropped and the van was marketed as the Morris J-type from 1954 on. The van followed the emerging trend of having forward controls and sliding doors on each side. It was made in both left and right hand drive versions. As well as complete vehicles, the J-type was also supplied in chassis form to external body makers and it appeared, amongst other uses, as a pick-up, tipper truck, ice cream van and milk float. Many were bought by the British Post Office and these differed from standard in having rubber front and rear wings. The J type is fitted with a 1476 cc four-cylinder side-valve engine based on the one used in the contemporary Morris Oxford MO car. Drive to the rear ...
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2009 Cataño Oil Refinery Fire
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, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. While the fire and subsequent explosion occurred close to the city of Cataño, Puerto Rico, Cataño, it technically occurred within the borders of Bayamón, even though Cataño was more affected by fumes and evacuation. There were no fatalities, but three people were injured. Event The explosion destroyed eleven storage tanks and spread to others, generating a blast equal to a 2.8-magnitude earthquake. The 12:23 a.m. blast was heard away and shook windows over away. Flames reached above the refinery. It released of petroleum into San Juan Bay and Wetland, wetlands, killing wildlife, including protected species. Environmental damage was severe, with millions in losses to nearby communiti ...
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