Post by L Roebuck on Dec 5, 2008 9:14:22 GMT -5
Row continues after cave tragedy
Survivors of a caving tragedy on Tenerife in February 2007 have called for arguments to stop in order to prevent further deaths.
The Government of the Canary Islands has ordered Tenerife’s Cabildo to carry out an urgent study into the state of the island’s many underground wells and galleries.
The Cabildo says it will oblige but there are still rumblings over whose responsibility it should be and who should foot the cost.
The caving tragedy happened at Los Silos; when six people lost their lives when they were overcome by poisonous gases. The youngest was 23, the oldest 36. Twenty-three others survived.
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Survivors of a caving tragedy on Tenerife in February 2007 have called for arguments to stop in order to prevent further deaths.
The Government of the Canary Islands has ordered Tenerife’s Cabildo to carry out an urgent study into the state of the island’s many underground wells and galleries.
The Cabildo says it will oblige but there are still rumblings over whose responsibility it should be and who should foot the cost.
The caving tragedy happened at Los Silos; when six people lost their lives when they were overcome by poisonous gases. The youngest was 23, the oldest 36. Twenty-three others survived.
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