Paraguay mourns shop fire victims as over 300 people are dead in a supermarket fire yesterday. BBC World News was reporting last night in an interview with the British ambassador to Paraguay that the market locked the doors when the explosions began. This was apparently due to people looting on a large scale. However, as of last night, it was just conjecture. Today, it seems, it’s not conjecture any longer. Eyewitnesses state that the store did indeed bar and lock the doors. The owners of the building have been detained for questioning but, they deny the allegations.
Apparently LP gas canisters in a kitchen area exploded setting off a chain-reaction of other explosions. This led to the blaze and the eventual collapse of the floor into the parking garage.