Little is known about Antonio Tapia, 27, except that he was a Mexican immigrant and was living with a relative, Ricardo Vega Sanchez, and Sanchez’s wife and daughter, in Burlington, NJ. Sanchez survived, but suffered severe burns, along with a third worker, while Tapia died in a Brooklyn home where the three had been applying a sealant to a ritual Jewish bath. The product the three had been using reportedly was Rub-R-Wall, a flammable sealant that carries a strong warning that it should not be used indoors or in confined spaces. The sealant was being stored and heated in a truck outside […]
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