Mexico: Hotel Explosion on Riviera Maya Blamed on Swamp Gas

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | November 17th, 2010 | Trackback

An explosion at the Grand Riviera Princess hotel in Playa del Carmen that killed five Canadian tourists and two hotel workers was blamed on a buildup of swamp gas beneath the building. The resort was built four years ago on a concrete slab in a swampy area on the Riviera Maya. Tourists reported smelling gas in the days before the explosion but assumed it was sewer fumes.

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