Paraguay: 10 year anniversary of the Ycua Bolanos supermarket fire

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On August 1st 2004 the supermarket Ycua Bolanos, in the Trinidad de Ausncion neighborhood, burned down. It was the biggest tragedy in contemporary Paraguay and left 400 dead, hundreds injured, and 5,000 affected families. The majority of the victims were trapped after the doors of the establishment were closed by order of the owner to avoid theft. teleSUR