Dominican authorities announced late Friday that they are pursuing a criminal case against a plastics company based on evidence found during an investigation intoPolice and the Public Ministry issued a joint statement saying the blast occurred at a business called Vidal Plast, rather than at a bakery as authorities had said initially.in a bustling commercial center in San Cristobal, a city just west of the capital of Santo Domingo.
Authorities also said they have evidence that there was a fire at the business in March caused by a spark and a chemical substance and that the company did not take any measures “despite knowing the high risk of its operations.”