Capeco’s unfinished legacy: 15 years after the explosion that shook Puerto Rico

Written on 10/22/2024
Alex Figueroa Cancel

An analysis by El Nuevo Día reveals that important safety recommendations following the 2009 Caribbean Petroleum Corporation explosion remain unfulfilled. Discover the causes, consequences and regulatory failures that persistIn Capeco, flames hundreds of feet high and a column of smoke that rose thousands of feet above the ground lasted two and a half days until they were extinguished.