A ruptured pipeline in central Mexico exploded on Friday, burning many people who were trying to fill containers with fuel, the government of the central state of Hidalgo said. Mexican television footage showed flames leaping into the night sky as the pipeline burned in the municipality of Tlahuelilpan near the Tula refinery to the north of Mexico City while people shouted and cried for help.
Hidalgo governor Omar Fayad told local television he did not yet know if anyone had died, but said that he had received reports that “many people” had been burned in the explosion.
Separate television footage showed the pipeline gushing fuel earlier in the day and people moving in with containers.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has launched a major crackdown on rampant fuel theft, which the government said cost the country more than $3 billion last year.
Lopez Obrador expressed his concern on Twitter, and said he wanted “the entire government” to help people at the scene.
Source: Reuters
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