Health fears grow over Puerto Rico blaze

(CNN) — A wind shift Saturday has put more residents at risk from smoke inhalation near a raging fire at a fuel storage complex in Puerto Rico, officials said.

Authorities also are concerned that expected precipitation mixed with the smoke could lead to acid rain. Residents were urged not to venture outside and to bring in their animals during the rain.

At least 15 of the 40 tanks at the Caribbean Petroleum Corp. facility in the municipality of Bayamon, near San Juan, were still burning, police said Saturday. Gov. Luis Fortuno had given the same tally at a Friday evening news conference.

…The storage and refinery complex sits near San Juan’s bay, and Fortuno said officials were working to protect the water.

“We have serious worries that the bay or other bodies of water could be contaminated,” he said.

CNN