Three Dead and 73 Hurt, Including 20 Newborns, in Mexico Gas Explosion
Three Dead and 73 Hurt, Including 20 Newborns, in Mexico Gas Explosion
Caracas,
Saturday
January 31,2015
MEXICO CITY – A powerful gas explosion has destroyed a maternity and children’s hospital in Mexico City, killing three people and injuring 73 others, 20 of them newborns.
The huge explosion occurred Thursday due to a major leak in the hose carrying gas from the truck to the building, Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said.
Firefighters were summoned when the leak could not be contained by workers of Gas Express Nieto, a company that has provided service to the Mexico City government since 2007.
When firefighters began their work and people started to abandon the hospital, a huge explosion took place, causing practically the entire building to collapse and damaging nearby houses.
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Amazing that there weren't more fatalities.
