Massive Fire Rage in Puerto Rico



At least 350 people were evacuated to a nearby stadium.


CNN -- A massive fire raged Friday at a fuel storage complex in Puerto Rico, sending a thick black cloud of smoke over large parts of metro San Juan and forcing firefighters to scramble to keep the blaze from spreading.

 Eleven fuel tanks at the Caribbean Petroleum Corp. facility in the city of Bayamon, near San Juan, were ablaze, Gov. Luis Fortuno said in a news release. Firefighters were trying to cool off the remaining 29 to keep them from igniting, he said. The storage complex sits on San Juan's bay.

"I don't think there's ever been a fire like this in Puerto Rico," Fire Lt. Jose Atorre told CNN affiliate WLII-TV.

Newspaper and TV reports said a 4-inch pipe from a lagoon on the property was broken, preventing firefighters from using water from the lake to battle the blaze.

One person suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to a hospital.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/23/puerto.ric
 

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