Pintmaster

We got a call at work yesterday afternoon from someone asking us about a ship explosion in Paranagua, Brazil (a little below Santos in the Parana province). We hadnt heard about it at the time, but apparently there was a tragic accident where a ship discharging Methanol exploded in the port, right next to the Petrobras terminal - which had tanks full of petroleum. The damage was pretty substantial with the ship being ripped in half, is continuing and there are reports that 2 people are dead. Originally, it was feared that all 31 crewmembers on the ship were dead. You can see from the damage in the pictures why they may have feared that. It has been hard to find a lot of information about this, and the reports are vague and contradictory. Here are a few articles about what happened

See the Pictures

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