MEXICO: Authorities begin to evacuate hotel where gas explosion killed seven one week ago

Record ID: 303958

  • Title: MEXICO: Authorities begin to evacuate hotel where gas explosion killed seven one week ago
  • Date: 22nd November 2010
  • Summary: PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO (NOVEMBER 20, 2010) (REUTERS) SECURITY PERSONNEL PLACING YELLOW SECURITY TAPE THROUGHOUT HOTEL BELLBOY MOVING SUITCASES OUT OF HOTEL (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JESUS PUC PAT DIRECTOR SECURITY AND PUBLIC SERVICES SAYING "Four hundred and fifty people, approximately, were made to move to different hotels." "HOTEL CLOSED" SIGNS BEING SIGNED EMPLOYEES CARRYING "HOTEL CLOSED" SIGNS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JESUS PUC PAT DIRECTOR SECURITY AND PUBLIC SERVICES SAYING "We are going to do a search using gas detectors to determine if there is a possible filtration even a little one." PLAYA DEL CARMEN (RECENT) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF HOTEL WHERE DAMAGE FROM EXPLOSION ARE VISIBLE
  • Embargoed: 7th December 2010 12:00
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  • Location: Mexico, Mexico
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA8V2YWMV0XQIKWBACPRH4T8V2R
  • Story Text: Authorities began evacuating guests on Saturday (November 20) from a Mexican hotel after a judge ordered it closed due to the possibility of gas buildup under the building.
    "Four hundred and fifty people, approximately, were made to move to different hotels," said Jesus Puc Pac the Director of Security and Public Services. "We are going to do a search using gas detectors to determine if there is a possible filtration even a little one."
    One week ago five Canadian tourists and two Mexican workers were killed when a gas explosion ripped through the restaurant of the Grand Riviera Princess hotel in the beach resort of Playa del Carmen.
    A child was among the dead and another 17 people were hurt -- seven Canadians, two Americans and eight Mexicans.
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