The number of people killed in a gasoline pipeline explosion in central Mexico rose to 89, the country’s Health Minister Jorge Alcocer said on Monday. There were also 51 people injured, Alcocer told reporters in the morning. Friday’s pipeline blast happened after hundreds of people has rushed to collect fuel from the leaking pipe. Security Minister Alfonso Durazo said on Sunday that the state oil firm, Pemex, did not close the valve at a leaking gasoline pipeline when first notified because it was not initially thought to be an “important” leak. Durazo said that Mexico’s military detected the leak about four hours before Pemex closed the valve.
Source : RT - Daily news
Death toll from Mexico gasoline pipeline explosion rises to 89
Death toll from Mexico gasoline pipeline explosion rises to 89
