July 25th, 2004Explosion in Mauritius
I just returned home. I haven’t gone clubbing since last year and yesterday I went clubbing with some friends in Grand Baie. When i woke up at 9am, I heard about the explosion which had happened in Grand Baie at 01:45 . The building where the explosion happened is Grand Baie Store ( a two-storey building housing restaurants, bars and shops) .
My friends and I were in front of a night club at 01:30 and went inside minutes later. We didn’t hear the explosion because of the loud music.
According to the local news,two people died and 15 were injured. Those two persons who died are Jean-Francois Lew and Emmy Ng. They are 25 & 24 years old respectively and were engaged. So young… !
The buildings found near Grand Baie Store were also damaged.
There are a lot of rumours going around about the explosion. Some people are even saying that it was a bomb which caused the explosion. It seems quite unlikely. We’ve never had terrorists attacks in Mauritius.
Other people suspect that the blast has been caused by the explosion of gas cylinders. In fact, the government are hoping that it is something like that and not a deliberate explosion.
We will know the outcome of the investigation in a few days.




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we heard of the explosion here this morning, the 2 people that died where my brother in laws cousin and her fiancee, given that gas cylinders are unlikely to cause such a large explosion namely sending rubble as far away as to hit boats in the water, the most likely cause would be a bomb, given that mauritius previously had al queda training grounds etc i wouldnt rule out terrorist attacks but the us embassy has sent in a forensic team to investigate, knowing MU though its likely they will write it off as gas explosion for the benefit of the tourism industry, I dont wanna jump to conclusions but this is how i feel.
Its such a sad thing when young poeple lose their lives and we cant find meaning to the loss, the fact that they never had the chance to tell their loved ones how they feel or experience some things which we will take for granted. They were such a nice couple friendly and full of life, last year we were all preparing for my sisters wedding laughing and joking, 1 year later and we have all had such bad luck. WHat a difference 1 yr makes
it can host the beginning and end of life, this made me realise just how short life is and how precious those arnd me are. Neway i hope everything is ok with you, its great news that you are preparing to go to university, hopefully i’ll chat 2 ya soon tk care
Quote?Ps glad that u didnt get hurt as well , tk care of urself
Quote?oh my..what an awful news.. thank goodness that you’re alright, aline !
Hopefully the cause of the explosion was an ‘accident’ and not some sort of ‘terrorist attack’..we wouldn’t want anymore chaos..take care, yah ?
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Quote?thats could not a simple explosion,i thinks its “terrorist attack’
Heard that it was due to gas cylinders… and the girl who died was my sis’ friend’s cousin.. Yeah that’s a sad thing!
Quote?Emmy was my friend’s ex:worried:
Quote?Really sorry for everyone that knew the people.
For what its worth, I’ve seen the pictures on the Internet, honestly I think this can be caused by gas cylinders, we had an explosion in a town near Melbourne (Australia) just a few weeks ago, fortunately no-one died but the buildings were destroyed, rubble was strewn for a long way, but it was definitely gas cylinders that caused this, believe me the area it was in would not be targeted by terrorists as its quite an isolated area, and in fact you could see the gas cylinders in the debris.
Quote?That’s awful… I hope it was just an accident and not a terrorist attack. That would be too scary.
Quote?That’s awful and really scary. We’ve had real terrorist attacks here. They’ve hijacked trains. Yikes!
It’s such a loss to see young people pass away… Hope the injured ones get treated right away.
Quote?glad to know that you are fine. i’m sorry for those who died. very curious now of what the cause is.
Quote?Good to know that you are fine
(Strange that I couldn’t find it in the newspapers *wonders*
Quote?we never had terrorists attacks in mu???of course we had!!!dont u remember casino amical!!!or may be u dont know!!foutou
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