Explosions at Mexico Gas Pipeline Kill 2

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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-mexico-pipeline-explosion,0,7534950.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

July 9, 2005, 9:17 PM EDT


CUNDUACAN, Mexico -- A series of explosions at a natural gas pipeline killed two people and set fire to houses, cars and cattle in rural southeastern Mexico.

The explosions near Cunduacan, 385 miles southeast of Mexico City, crippled a major natural gas pipeline that supplies the Gulf coast shipping station at Dos Bocas, said Carlos Morales, director of exploration and production for Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos.

Hundreds of residents from four villages fled Friday night or were evacuated at the sound of a gas leak before a series of explosions in the area. Flames and leaks were brought under control Saturday morning.