11/03/2021

Source: Mexico News Daily

An illegal pipeline tap is to blame for an LP gas leak that caused an explosion that claimed the life of one person and seriously injured eight others in Puebla city early Sunday, a state oil company official said.

Javier González del Villar, director of Pemex's logistics division, said the leak in San Pablo Xochimehuacán in the city's north end occurred after thieves perforated the pipeline to extract gas into a tanker owned by the company Hidro Gas. At least two other explosions occurred after a powerful initial blast.

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