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Copec suspends VNG sales

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Chilean fuels distributor Copec has temporarily suspended the sale of vehicular natural gas (VNG) following a fatal explosion Tuesday evening, local press reported. While it was filling up, a car exploded at one of Copec's two service stations in Santiago that sell VNG, killing the driver and the pump attendant. The pump was not found to be faulty, but the car had been converted to VNG "in an irregular way," Copec said, adding: "This opens our eyes to the fact that there is a market of vehicles whose conversion has not been inspected." Copec sells 450 cubic meters a month of VNG. Three other service stations, belonging to Shell and YPF, sell VNG in Santiago.

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