At least 19 injured after ethane pipeline explosion in Veracruz, Mexico
An explosion resulting from work to control an ethane leak in a Petróleos 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 press release by the Secretary of Civil Protection of the area, Guadalupe Osorno, the number of injured people has risen from 11 to 19, although most of them have only first degree burns, and are being treated in medical centers.
The explosion took place at 3:00 p.m. (local time) on Tuesday during maneuvers being carried out by Pemex workers, State Civil Protection and the Mexican Army, who were trying to plug a leak in the gas pipeline, until it exploded, as reported by ‘El Universal’.
So far, 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 beginning of the leak.
