An explosion resulting from work to control an ethane leak in a Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) pipeline has left at least 19 people injured in the Mexican municipality of Agua Dulce, in the state of Veracruz.
As detailed in a statement by the area’s Civil Protection Secretary, Guadalupe Osorno, the number of injured people has risen from 11 to 19, although most have only first-degree burns, for which they are being treated in medical centers.
The explosion took place at 3:00 p.m. (local time) on Tuesday during the maneuvers carried out by workers from Pemex, State Civil Protection and the Mexican Army, who were trying to cover a leak in the gas pipeline, until it later exploded, reported ‘The universal’.
Until now, the fire is still active and is in the process of being controlled by the Mexican authorities who have been on the scene since the start of the leak.
