Las Terrenas Live !
From Las Terrenas-Live (click above link):
5 am - According to watchmen...the fire started in the Mosquito Bar while in the restaurant next door, the Cayuco, people begin to remove the gas tanks.
5:15 a.m. - Fire spreads on both sides of the bar, the Cayuco and La Terrasse. The first gas tank explodes, accelerating the fire. The front of the Gaia club starts burning and the inside of the establishment melts.
5:40 a.m. - Fire reaches Pizza Playa and half of the Fishermen village is on fire. ..two new gas tank explosions occur...
Monday afternoon, 11 am, a first meeting was held in the Yuca Caliente restaurant, in the presence of the 5 owners of the 15 establishments that were destroyed and their managers. Local authorities were represented by the Las Terrenas Mayor, Jose Alexis Martinez, Mariana Vanderhorst, vice mayor, Elsa de Leon and Gerard Prystasz.
The second meeting took place in the afternoon, at 3 pm at the Yuca Caliente too, this time with the presence of the Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Environment, the Red Cross and the Tourist Police.
The only establishment that was not affected was the Steakhouse, thanks to Wellington, the watchman, who threw water on the front of it during the fire.
The Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia announced.... we in the Tourism Ministry pledge to rebuild this village as quickly as possible, with the same characteristics.
M.Garcia also announced the donation of a fire truck to Las Terrenas.
The Fishermen Village was built on the public domain, since it was within 60 meters of beach, and its reconstruction only will be performed if a presidential decree is issued.