That may be coming from me. At the start of this, somebody said it was a ferreteria, but the only one using that description now is me. I asked my neighbor and she said Casa Toledo too.
A lot of people were in that building when the explosion hit.
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Explosion in San Cristobal
A lot of people were in that building when the explosion hit.
I believe it, every time we’ve gone it was crowded. Fabulous selections, they have a Facebook page I follow.
Death toll is up to 28:
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Santo Domingo, DR. – The number of fatalities from the explosion registered in San Cristóbal on Monday afternoon rose to 28.
The latest victim is a patient who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Juan Pablo Pina Regional Teaching Hospital. He passed away this Thursday night.
Earlier, relatives of the people who remain missing asked the health authorities to send enough medical personnel to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences ( INACIF ). This is so that the corpses can be identified and delivered, and thus be able to bury them.
Likewise, the mayor's office of San Cristóbal dedicated three days of mourning in memory of the deceased people and declared the place of the explosion a disaster area.
In a preliminary report, it was reported that more than two dozen rescue units had come to the town of San Cristóbal, in the south of the Dominican Republic. There, last Monday, right on Padre Ayala Street, there was an explosion.
The Juan Pablo Pina hospital was saturated by the largest number of victims. 26 patients were cared for in that center.
In that hospital, for the moment, four people have died. A four-month-old baby, due to severe head trauma, and three adults, including the most recent. They had burns on 90% of their bodies, reported the National Health Service (SNS).
Sube a 28 cifra de muertos explosión San Cristóbal
Las autoridades informaron que se elevó a 28 el número de víctimas por la explosión registrada en San Cristóbal la tarde del pasado lunes.
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Santo Domingo, DR. – The number of fatalities from the explosion registered in San Cristóbal on Monday afternoon rose to 28.
The latest victim is a patient who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Juan Pablo Pina Regional Teaching Hospital. He passed away this Thursday night.
Earlier, relatives of the people who remain missing asked the health authorities to send enough medical personnel to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences ( INACIF ). This is so that the corpses can be identified and delivered, and thus be able to bury them.
Likewise, the mayor's office of San Cristóbal dedicated three days of mourning in memory of the deceased people and declared the place of the explosion a disaster area.
In a preliminary report, it was reported that more than two dozen rescue units had come to the town of San Cristóbal, in the south of the Dominican Republic. There, last Monday, right on Padre Ayala Street, there was an explosion.
The Juan Pablo Pina hospital was saturated by the largest number of victims. 26 patients were cared for in that center.
In that hospital, for the moment, four people have died. A four-month-old baby, due to severe head trauma, and three adults, including the most recent. They had burns on 90% of their bodies, reported the National Health Service (SNS).
IF it was fueling the Bakery, as rumored , it was Propane ...
It also the most likely scenario.. ( imo)
Propane has tremendous stored Energy .
No reason for a gasoline truck to be there and catch fire .and then explode .
Its amazing that no one can 100% confirm if a Propane truck was in that Immediate Area... would the Company not have a delivery scheduled ?
and the truck is now missing .
The funerals begin. This is the family of the Casa Toledo shops.
The public prosecutor apparently suspects the Vidal Plast company as being responsible.
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San Cristobal: Public Prosecutor points to Vidal Plast company for explosion
<p>The Public Prosecutor’s Office informed this Friday that it has proof that last March in the company where the fire occurred, in San Cristobal province, there was a fire caused by the contact between sparks and a chemical “and those responsible for Vidal Plast did not take any measures...
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Initial Fire, or initial Blast may be a completely different Source .. The blast could have easily set off a Chain reaction, and anything that Burns or explodes after that does not mean it was the initial CAUSE.
This finger pointing without Hard Evidence makes the whole Tragedy so much worse. But its their Country , they need to handle it .
So Sad.
Not to go off Topic, but as comparison , but in Hawaii, the Fires.(where like 93 perished) . Some people are now blaming and Suing the Electric Company for Keeping the Wires LIVE ?
holy crap.. how in the world is the Electric Company responsible for WIND and Wild Fires??? . turn off Electricity every time the wind blows?
They really need to find the Cause.. or this will haunt them for a long time. That Area looks like a War Zone.
This finger pointing without Hard Evidence makes the whole Tragedy so much worse. But its their Country , they need to handle it .
So Sad.
Not to go off Topic, but as comparison , but in Hawaii, the Fires.(where like 93 perished) . Some people are now blaming and Suing the Electric Company for Keeping the Wires LIVE ?
holy crap.. how in the world is the Electric Company responsible for WIND and Wild Fires??? . turn off Electricity every time the wind blows?
They really need to find the Cause.. or this will haunt them for a long time. That Area looks like a War Zone.
Deaths increase to 32:
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Santo Domingo.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) reported that there are 32 deaths from the tragic explosion that occurred in a commercial establishment in San Cristóbal.
According to the entity's bulletin, the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) has identified 13 corpses and delivered 11 bodies to relatives.
In addition, they report that the Ministry of Public Health reported that of the 59 injuries reported since the start of the emergency, only 4 people remain in clinics and hospitals on wards, 3 in Intensive Care and 5 in the burn unit.
Similarly, 154 people were treated in hospitals for different reasons and 142 were discharged. "692 house-to-house interventions have been carried out in an active search for respiratory conditions, and immunization, as well as 323 psychosocial interventions," the bulletin collects. of the COE.
They indicate that the mobile hospital treated some 1,453 people in type 1 outpatient medical assistance and 162 psychosocial support.
Aumenta a 32 cifra de muertos por explosión en San Cristóbal, según COE
Santo Domingo.- El Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias (COE) comunicó que suman 32 los fallecidos por la trágica explosión ocurrida
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Santo Domingo.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) reported that there are 32 deaths from the tragic explosion that occurred in a commercial establishment in San Cristóbal.
According to the entity's bulletin, the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) has identified 13 corpses and delivered 11 bodies to relatives.
In addition, they report that the Ministry of Public Health reported that of the 59 injuries reported since the start of the emergency, only 4 people remain in clinics and hospitals on wards, 3 in Intensive Care and 5 in the burn unit.
Similarly, 154 people were treated in hospitals for different reasons and 142 were discharged. "692 house-to-house interventions have been carried out in an active search for respiratory conditions, and immunization, as well as 323 psychosocial interventions," the bulletin collects. of the COE.
They indicate that the mobile hospital treated some 1,453 people in type 1 outpatient medical assistance and 162 psychosocial support.
A neighbor of mine told me they heard there was an business/operation in the area that filled shotgun shells and bullets. In other words, a stock of gun powder.
Of course, it was according to a friend of a friend of a friend.
If there were no tanks of gas there, something like this sounds plausible.
Of course, it was according to a friend of a friend of a friend.
If there were no tanks of gas there, something like this sounds plausible.
As if on cue:
Gunpowder from an armory that operated clandestinely in the area would have been the cause of the explosion that caused the death of 28 people and injured 59, as well as the destruction of several buildings on Monday afternoon in this province.
Rumors and independent investigators believe that an irregular center for refilling shotgun and pistol cartridges operated at the scene of the accident.
However, officially, four days later, there has been no response on the possible causes of the incident.
Although within hours of the event, President Luis Abinader ordered the Intelligence Department of the J-2 General Staff, of the Ministry of Defense (MIDE), to direct the investigations carried out by the Fire Department to determine the cause and origin of the explosion in the commercial area of Padre Ayala street, San Cristóbal.
somospueblo.com
Gunpowder from an armory that operated clandestinely in the area would have been the cause of the explosion that caused the death of 28 people and injured 59, as well as the destruction of several buildings on Monday afternoon in this province.
Rumors and independent investigators believe that an irregular center for refilling shotgun and pistol cartridges operated at the scene of the accident.
However, officially, four days later, there has been no response on the possible causes of the incident.
Although within hours of the event, President Luis Abinader ordered the Intelligence Department of the J-2 General Staff, of the Ministry of Defense (MIDE), to direct the investigations carried out by the Fire Department to determine the cause and origin of the explosion in the commercial area of Padre Ayala street, San Cristóbal.
Existencia de Pólvora pudo haber sido la causa de la explosión que dejó 28 muertos en San Cristóbal
Pólvora de una armaría que operaba de manera clandestina en la zona habría sido la causa de la explosión que provocó la muerte de 28 personas y 59 heridos, así como la destrucción de varias edifica…
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The owners of the plastics factory in San Cristóbal revealed
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August 18, 2023 by Remo
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The name of the plastics factory where the explosion would have originated last Monday, on Francisco J Peynado and Padre Ayala streets, San Cristóbal, is Vidal Plast SRL, and according to the registration certificate mercantile was established in April 2003, by Mercedes Altagracia Vidal Sandoval, Maribel Sandoval Almánzar de Vidal and Edmabel Altagracia Vidal Sandoval.( Keep reading… )
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Ah that explains a lot. I was thinking "I wonder if one of the powerful families is involved in this" and from this video it is clear there are a lot of noses in the trough. Should one of them be arrested for corporate manslaughter, if so many people have been arrested due to lack of safety?