Lawyer office explosion

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Talked today with the maintenance guy in the building where Banco Santa Cruz is located, he said some windows shattered on the upper levels.
I asked to go and CK my windows, not problem thankfully.

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The blast could be heard all the way to Sosua Abajo. That was one powerful release of energy.
It frightened my dogs in Los Cerros, a mile as the crow flies away, and behind a tree covered hill.
I wonder if the lawyer had off-site backups of case files.
I didn't think a lawyer would be there so early in the morning. I'm curious who and where was the injured person standing. Glad they weren't killed and after recovery she will have quite a Christmas story to tell for years to come.
 

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cb, the rumor I heard is that she was a cleaning lady. I wonder if she will be able to hear well after such a loud percussive sound.
Incredible she survived.
 

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There were quite a few videos out showing the moment the cleaning lady was found and later in the hospital.

So, what does everybody think? Maybe a lightning direct strike to a ground-to-ceiling rebar sticking out of the roof?

I've had a couple hits nearby in the past that shook our building almost as much as the San Cristobal gas explosion.
 

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Friend of mine lives close to where it happened. He said it sounded like a bomb going off in a war zone. It also shook his apartment.
I live about a mile away and it shook pictures off the wall and a mobile off the ceiling.
 

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There were quite a few videos out showing the moment the cleaning lady was found and later in the hospital.

So, what does everybody think? Maybe a lightning direct strike to a ground-to-ceiling rebar sticking out of the roof?

I've had a couple hits nearby in the past that shook our building almost as much as the San Cristobal gas explosion.
The on dit seems to be a long leak on a gas tank. I know people want the excitement of a drug hit or a bomb, but I don't think we have that in our wheelhouse. Yet.
 
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From what I was told, the women in the house somehow managed to survive the blast? I guess it wasn't her turn yet.
 
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Im no Explosives Expert , But I do Know that every explosion has a Center .. If for example it was a Device you would clearly see the Center and everything radiating outward .
This looks like the whole Building was involved, therefore a Gas Leak with Gas Fumes in every Room seems to be the most Likely scenario.
Once it ignited, every room became a Bomb . Looks like every single Wall came down .
 

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Im no Explosives Expert , But I do Know that every explosion has a Center .. If for example it was a Device you would clearly see the Center and everything radiating outward .
This looks like the whole Building was involved, therefore a Gas Leak with Gas Fumes in every Room seems to be the most Likely scenario.
Once it ignited, every room became a Bomb . Looks like every single Wall came down .
Yep, I agree with you and Meems. Looks a lot like a slow gas leak downstairs and the cleaning lady was upstairs. It doesn't take a lot of gas fumes to generate an explosion like that.
 
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Lisa has posted on Facebook. You can see what she wrote. I will not repeat her words. Search for Lisa Ewest. And read the comments, too. They will demonstrate what a class person she is, especially considering those who commented. I have no doubt that she will have some trying times ahead, but she will emerge again better than ever.
 

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From what I was told, the women in the house somehow managed to survive the blast? I guess it wasn't her turn yet.
View attachment 10199
To see this Security Tape in more detail.... in Windows.
Right-Click on it and Save
Open in VLC and play
Tap Space Bar at 5 second
Start tapping E to move forward Frame by Frame
There is no backward Frame by Frame

You can see
A brief light in the Doorway for 2 frames just before the Explosion
Small projectiles flying toward the Papaterra
The building pieces falling back to earth
You can see the White Car blown across the street.
 

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Detras del Rumor

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TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL POLICE AND GENERAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OF THE REPUBLIC
An investigation with specialized technicians should be ordered into what destroyed the premises that housed a law firm:
1- Several sources claim that the gas tank did not explode (Allegedly).
2 - No fire was reported at the site.
3 - The expanding wave of the explosion caused damage to homes and premises at a distance of approximately 50 meters or more.
It must be made not only clear what happened, but with a technical explanation that does not cast any doubt.
 

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Why do they keep thinking a gas tank has to explode to be able to produce an explosion?

A person can open a gas burner, walk off to find a match, and by the time they get back, the gas it has released in the air will produce an explosion.

Gas tanks are designed to not explode.
Why? Ignorance.



Lisa thinks it was an accident and nothing deliberate. The person pulled from the wreckage was a lawyer not a cleaning lady.
As Lindsay pointed out you can read the full response on FB.
 

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The investigation must be finished before noon day. A crew of workers with a large backhoe, and several massive dump trucks removed 50% of the rumble today.