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The 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire, also known as the CAPECO explosion, was a fire that began with an explosion on October 23, 2009, and was extinguished on October 25 at the Caribbean Petroleum Corporation (CAPECO) oil refinery and oil depot in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. [1]
Caribbean Petroleum Corporation (CAPECO) is an oil company in Puerto Rico which owned an oil refinery in Bayamón having a capacity of 48 thousand barrels per day (7.6 × 10 ^ 3 m 3 /d). In addition, it operated more than 200 service stations in Puerto Rico under the Gulf brand name.
A power plant fire plunged Puerto Rico into darkness. More than 1 million customers were without power.
Authorities in Missouri and Puerto Rico are investigating an incident where several businesses on the island were allegedly set on fire by a tourist from Missouri; videos of the alleged event have ...
In 1978, it supplied 80% of all petroleum products consumed in Puerto Rico and, at 2700 employees, it was Puerto Rico's largest employer. In addition, it was considered "among the largest independent petroleum refiners and petrochemical producers in the world." [2] A portion of the inactive CORCO Refinery, as seen from PR-2 highway in 2005
Puerto Rico’s National Guard was deployed to help fight a large fire at a landfill in the U.S Virgin Islands that has been burning for more than a week and which has forced schools and ...
Pages in category "Explosions in Puerto Rico" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. C. 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire; H. Humberto Vidal explosion
Two workers died and another was injured after a fire broke out over the weekend at the biggest domestic refinery owned and operated by Mexico's state oil company Pemex, a company official said on ...