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Gas Line Leak Likely Caused Cancun Hotel Blast
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December 15, 2010
| | Debris are seen scattered at the Grand Riviera Princess Hotel in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Sunday Nov. 14, 2010. (Associated Press) | |
Cancun, Mexico — Prosecutors say new evidence suggests a gas-line leak probably caused the Nov. 14 explosion that killed five Canadian tourists and two Mexicans at a hotel on Mexico's Caribbean coast.
The attorney general of the state where the hotel is located says investigators found an unauthorized extension of a gas line under the hotel lounge where the blast occurred.
Attorney General Francisco Alor says the line had apparently been damaged and leaked prior to the blast.
Officials had earlier said an accumulation of swamp or sewage gas may have fueled the blast.
Alor said Tuesday that those may have contributed, but the heating-gas line appears to be the main culprit and may have been set off by a spark from an electric switch or plug.
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