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

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 persist

October 22, 2024 - 10:06 AM

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In 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. (Wanda Liz Vega)

By Alex Figueroa Cancel

Periodista de Breaking Newsalex.figueroa@gfrmedia.com

Fifteen years after the fierce flames were extinguished and the giant column of smoke that terrorized Puerto Rico after the explosion at the defunct Caribbean Petroleum Corporation (Capeco) in Bayamón dissipated, the U.S. government has not implemented the main recommendations of safety experts aimed at preventing a repetition of such a tragedy, revealed an analysis by El Nuevo Día.