Explosion in Piedras Negras

[Roy]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20689768/

Need to ask Homer about this.

[Undertaker]

Although this type of material is "NOT" to be entering US, this could be the beginning of a bad situation. If we are going to let these trucks through, it seem a little crossing a Boquillas would be no problem. I miss the crossing in a big way.

[Casa Grande]

dang, I hope Homero and his family is OK....paging Homero.......

[Undertaker]

Man I totally forgot Homero, hope he and family are OK, will say a little prayer before bedtime.

[homerboy2u]

Dang !!!..another tragaedy, but thank GOD it was no where near here. The news source has it all wrong:

 An incredible explosion ocurred on the way between Monclova and Torreon,Coahuila.We are talking here a good 350 kilometers from here, in the small town of Cuatrocienegas where all the scientific studies, from NASA,many Gvt. Agencies are being conducted. To be more clearer: Where that Fossil water is?. So we did not even got to see the flash of the explosion...thank the good lord.

  It was between 6 and 8 PM, to be more precise,and many families were coming back home from a beautiful day at the crytal clear water lagoons. Man , what a tragedy.

  22 dead and 70 wounded, was the result of this accident. More news at 10 pm.Maybe i can post something for you , tomorrow?.

  All is well here....just dead tired,from work and barely finding time to learn this new board. But i am very stubborn and i will catch up in no time, just let me pick up my pace.

Peace to you all.

[Al]

Homero, it is good to hear from you and your report.  The inaccurate news from Mexico to the USA is not good, but your Ciudad not being affected is.  I also noticed that CNN reported the pipeline explosions as occurring on September 11. 

Al

[BigBendHiker]

Glad you are OK, Homero.  Thanks for the update.


BBH

[Roy]

Thanks for the info Homer. 

[Undertaker]

Good to hear from you Homero, glad all is well, said a little prayer last night for you and your family.

[homerboy2u]

Top of the morning's news...... 28 dead and more than 100 injured, on what seems to be one of the worst tragedys in Coahuila.

 As onlookers were watching how the wreck's incidents were unfolding, little attention did they pay when the rescue teams were yelling every one to go back. This has got to be the worst  picture i have posted on this board:

 According to the source, one of our local newspaper, this picture was taken just moments before the explosion, no one was alive after it, not even the reporter who was snapping pics and getting the facts for the story....sorry if it is uncomfortable for you.



  According to official channels, the truck was hauling 25 tons of Ammonium Nitrate...it must have been just a flash, before everything went black for those poor souls.

 Here is the full story, it is in Spanish though..if some one can help translate, i would really appreciate it. If not, i will see what i can do tonight.

http://www.zocalo.com.mx/hub.cfm/detalle/index.htm?key1=1C4E453E5E775F5A59202A324C514865154B513D58732C5735542B4C454B3D15174B39005A75565A08525A42004D4B12164444

Zуcalo | Monclova


El Gobernador Humberto Moreira Valdйs, revelу que la cifra oficial de muertos por la explosiуn del pasado domingo se incrementу a 28 personas y hay 52 lesionados.

El estallido, dijo el mandatario estatal, provocу la destrucciуn de cuando menos medio centenar de vehнculos y daсу una veintena de viviendas en un radio de 600 metros.

En йsta, que es la peor tragedia ocurrida en Coahuila, despuйs de la explosiуn en la Mina Pasta de Conchos, la Procuradurнa General de Justicia del Estado revelу que de entre las vнctimas, 26 son del suckso masculino, 2 mujeres y ademбs 6 personas perdieron una extremidad en el estallido.

David Herrera Garcнa, el periodista de Zуcalo que muriу en el accidente, pudo grabar en su equipo fotogrбfico la magnitud de la tragedia.

Antes del estallido, Herrera captу con su cбmara a decenas de personas que estaban en el бrea de la tragedia observando las labores de rescate.

El reportero de Zуcalo dejу grabado en su cбmara fotogrбfica el camiуn en el que trasladaban las 25 toneladas de explosivos, quizб la ъnica fotografнa que exista.

Herrera llegу al kilуmetro 37, lugar de la tragedia, apenas 28 minutos despuйs de que se reportу el accidente.

La primera fotografнa quedу registrada a las 20:28 horas del domingo y captу el camiуn de la empresa Orica en llamas.

La unidad, envuelta por el fuego tras el impacto, no llevaba colocados avisos del transporte de materiales peligrosos como lo estipula el Reglamento para el Transporte Terrestre de Materiales Peligrosos.

Las autoridades estatales aъn no determinaban la responsabilidad de la empresa, hasta que la Procuradurнa General de la Repъblica termine con las investigaciones.

Durante 17 minutos, Herrera estuvo grabando imбgenes.

Apenas 6 minutos despuйs de haber arribado al lugar de la tragedia, en la memoria de la cбmara quedу grabada la imagen de uno de los ocupantes de la camioneta sin vida.

A las 20:32 horas, Herrera tuvo su ъltimo contacto con la redacciуn de Zуcalo.

El reportero de esta casa editorial alcanzу a detallar la forma en la que los cuerpos de los ocupantes de la camioneta eran rescatados por curiosos y policнas.

Herrera narrу cуmo alrededor de la camioneta, medio centenar de personas observaban el rescate, sin tomar en cuenta que a pocos metros el camiуn que ardнa en llamas representaba una amenaza para todos.

"Se estб consumiendo en llamas el camiуn", fue el ъltimo reporte de David.

Homero, it is good to hear from you and your report.  The inaccurate news from Mexico to the USA is not good, but your Ciudad not being affected is.  I also noticed that CNN reported the pipeline explosions as occurring on September 11. 

Al

Yes Al...along with this incident, there were four hits to one of many PeMex's gas pipelines, in central Mexico. The paramilitary group who took credit for this incident was the EPR.