US EditionGas tanker truck explodes under a highway overpass in Mexico City, leaving 18 with burn injuries
The gas tanker carrying nearly 50,000 liters of liquefied petroleum gas overturned and exploded, injuring 90 people and severely burning 19, amid ongoing investigations into causes and safety compliance.
- At least three people died and 90 were injured in the explosion, with victims ranging from 6 months to 60 years old.
- The roadways remained closed to traffic and there were disruptions in public transportation in the area due to the incident.
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Massive gas tanker explosion in Mexico City kills at least 8 people, injures 90 others
Families clustered outside hospitals awaiting word of their loved ones after the crash and explosion of a tanker truck on a Mexico City highway that killed at least eight people and injured 90.
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By Lizbeth Padilla, CNN en Español This Wednesday, an explosion of an LP gas tanker under the Puente de la Concordia bridge in Iztapalapa, east of Mexico City, caused a tragedy that has so far left eight people dead and dozens injured, including four infants. According to the Mexico City Attorney General's Office, the tanker, which was transporting 49,500 liters of LP gas, overturned on a curve near the Santa Marta bus stop, near the border betw…
A truck carrying nearly 50,000 litres of gas exploded in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, causing six deaths and 90 injuries, several of them in critical condition. President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed solidarity with the victims and their families.
#Mexico: Massive gas truck #explosion in Mexico City
A gas #truck #exploded when it overturned on a highway in #Mexico City on Wednesday, sending a massive fire ball and smoke billowing into the air and burning nearby cars. At least three people were killed and dozens injured.
Mexico City, Sep 11 (EFE).- The Mexican authorities reported this Thursday that the number of deaths due to the explosion of a gas pipe that occurred Wednesday in Iztapalapa, in the south of the Mexican capital, rose to six while the wounded in critical condition are 23. “At this moment, the Ministry of Health of Mexico City will be the one who will be attending the lists, seeing how the people who were affected will evolve. Of the 90 affected, …
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