Death Toll From Mexico Oil Pipeline Blast Rises To 85 - Health Minister
Fakhir Rizvi Published January 21, 2019 | 06:24 AM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st January, 2019) The number of people killed in an explosion at an oil pipeline in Mexico's central Hidalgo state has risen to 85, Mexican Health Minister Jorge Alcocer said on Sunday.
"Previously, 79 people were reported dead, six more people were added to them," Alcocer said at a press conference in Mexico City.
According to him, 58 people remain hospitalized after the explosion.
The blast occurred after the pipeline was ruptured in an attempt to steal fuel. Local residents were filling canisters when the disaster happened. Mexico has been recently experiencing severe fuel shortages.
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