{"id":479040,"date":"2025-08-18T16:14:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/lightning-destroys-luxury-yacht-of-businessman-fernando-capellan-in-puerto-plata\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:17:48","slug":"lightning-destroys-luxury-yacht-of-businessman-fernando-capellan-in-puerto-plata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/lightning-destroys-luxury-yacht-of-businessman-fernando-capellan-in-puerto-plata\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning destroys luxury yacht of businessman Fernando Capell\u00e1n in Puerto Plata"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>PUERTO PLATA.<\/strong> \u2013 A lightning bolt completely destroyed the vessel <strong>El Capi IV<\/strong>, owned by the Santiago businessman <strong>Fernando Capell\u00e1n<\/strong>, after a fire recorded early this Monday in the <strong>Bah\u00eda de Luper\u00f3n<\/strong>, Puerto Plata province.\n\nThe electrical impact occurred in the middle of a storm affecting the northern area of the country, generating a fire that consumed the entire ship in minutes.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/DICRIM apresa 26 personas y ocupa tres armas de fuego en distintas intervenciones\">http:\/\/DICRIM apresa 26 personas y ocupa tres armas de fuego en distintas intervenciones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nDespite the magnitude of the disaster, no human losses or environmental damage were recorded, according to the Chaplain himself in an official statement.\n\nThe rapid intervention of the fire departments of <strong>Luper\u00f3n, Imbert, Maim\u00f3n and Puerto Plata<\/strong>, along with the <strong>Civil Defense<\/strong> and the <strong>Navy<\/strong>, allowed to control the situation and prevent the flames from spreading to other vessels anchored at the pier.\n\nThe businessman thanked the relief agencies and the mayor of Luper\u00f3n, <strong>Rom\u00e1n Israel Brito<\/strong>, for the collaboration provided during the emergency.\n\nThe incident occurred after 2:00 a.m. this Monday in the so-called <strong>&#8220;Bride of the Atlantic&#8221;<\/strong>. Capell\u00e1n emphasized that, although the vessel was completely destroyed, the event did not affect biodiversity or the waters of the bay.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUERTO PLATA. \u2013 A lightning bolt completely destroyed the vessel El Capi IV, owned by the Santiago businessman Fernando Capell\u00e1n, after a fire recorded early this Monday in the Bah\u00eda de Luper\u00f3n, Puerto Plata province. 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