On the morning of 23 October, 2009, an explosion rocked fuel storage tank facilities near San Juan, Puerto Rico, with the same force as a 2.8-magnitude earthquake, according to CNN. Authorities evacuated hundreds from the area, and firefighters battled blazes for two days. Although most of Puerto Rico appears green, the fire occurs in a gray-beige area of urbanisation, the San Juan metropolitan area. According to Reuters, the fire broke out in Cata–o, which lies across a small bay from San Juan. Although smoke from burning vegetation is typically grey, this smoke is almost dark enough to disappear against the background of deep blue ocean water
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The Guardian
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