This was the astonishing scene after a faulty gas cooker exploded in a timber-framed shack — and devastated a tiny Caribbean island.
The blast caused an inferno that leapt from hut to hut, taking less than 10 minutes to sweep across half the shanty town-style community.
As gas cylinders in more wooden homes exploded, many of Soledad Miria’s 1,014 inhabitants dived into the sea or took to fishing boats to escape. More than a third — 348 — were injured but, amazingly no one died.
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