U.S. experts search for cause of Paraguay blaze
An official says an ignited
gas leak likely caused the
fire that killed 426 people
DEBORA REY
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
ASUNCION, Paraguay — A forensic
team that included U.S. experts exam
ined the charred interior of a
Paraguayan supermarket Wednesday to
determine the cause of a weekend blaze
that killed more than 400 people,
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many of whom were trapped inside by
locked doors.
As the specialists took bum samples
from the building, Interior Minister Or
lando Fiorott said the investigation
“clearly points" to an accidental gas leak
that ignited. He said that it didn't look
as if Sunday's blaze had been intention
ally set, but cautioned that the findings
were preliminary.
The death toll was revised to 426
on Wednesday, down from 464 a day
earlier; 520 people remained hospi
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The attorney general's office said 153
were reported missing.
Officials charged a co-owner of the
supermarket and four others with
manslaughter Tuesday after a security
guard said he was ordered to lock the
doors to prevent people from stealing.
Officials have said they were check
ing reports that an exploding gas can
ister could have started the flames,
which forced a floor to collapse,
crushing cars and burning many bod
ies beyond recognition.
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called for a swift and thorough inves
tigation into the tragedy at the Ycua
Bolanos supermarket.
Meanwhile, Paraguayans continued
to mourn their dead.
Outside a nightclub near the
supermarket that became a makeshift
morgue; school-age children held a vigil
and lit candles to remember the victims.
"One of my best friends was killed
in the fire and I miss her terribly," said
12-year-old Ana Benitez. "She sat next
to me in class and it's going to be
painful when school resumes and 1
see that empty chair next to me."
Paraguayan officials said they've
begun reviewing leading shopping
centers in the capital and their emer
gency preparations.
Angel Villalba, the president of the
Paraguayan Association of Supermar
kets, told a radio station that initial
findings have been alarming.
'Almost none of them have emer
gency exits," he said.
Deborah Rey is a writer for the
Associated Press.
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Jeannine McIntyre, senior Spanish
and education major, said the con
struction is poindess.
"I don't see the purpose of doing
that part of the road," she said, com
plaining about the lack of explanation
from the University.
McIntyre said she has to cut
through Friendly Hall to get to class in
Lawrence Hall.
"It's a minor annoyance," she said.
Ramey doesn't feel that the con
struction is too much of a problem.
"I walked through the construction
two times today," he said.
Taking the narrow path that goes by
the EMU post office might be annoy
ing for some, but the handicapped
have to take a special route to get
where they need to go.
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Stamm said there are disabled
access routes open and available,
with signs posted, directing handi
capped individuals.
In the case of an emergency that may
require vehicles to get around the con
struction, Ramey said the vehicles could
just drive over the fence, if necessary.
Stamm said depending on where
the emergency vehicles needed to go,
they could "workaround it."
He said if they needed to go down
East 13 th Avenue, the vehicles could
go by Johnson Hall or down East 18th
Avenue and University Street.
Stamm said he expects construc
tion to be finished by September 15.
"(The 'Heart of Campus') is taking
a key intersection and making it a very
inviting area that will be something
we can all be proud of," he said.
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CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION
Tim Bobosky Freelance Photographer
‘Heart of Campus’ construction crew member Larry Moser cuts rebar Tuesday
afternoon to allow for removal of large blocks of concrete and the buried rails of a
trolley line that once ran through campus.
Builders unearth remnants of historic trolley system
During 'Heart of Campus' construction Monday at the comer of Uni
versity Street and East 13th Avenue, construction crews unearthed two
steel rails that were once part of Eugene's trolley system.
The Eugene and College Hill Street Railway was built by H.W. Holden
and began operation in 1891.
The original route ran along East 13th Avenue and over the hill south
of campus on University Street. A branch was built later that ran from
College Hill to West 19th Avenue. At its height, the trolley system cov
ered just over three miles.
The first trolley car was pulled by mules and driven by a man named
Wiley Griffon. In 1907, the Eugene City Council granted a franchise to
the Willamette Valley Company to convert the system to an electric trol
ley.
In 1927, with the automobile becoming cheaper and more prevalent,
the Eugene trolley system closed down, and was replaced by the bus sys
tem that is still used today.
Ben Brown