Pipeline Explosion Forces Evacuation of Hundreds in Central Mexico La Prensa
go to original August 31, 2014

Pipeline belonging to state-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos exploded this weekend, Puebla state emergency management office director Jesus Morales said. (EFE)

PUEBLA, Mexico - At least 500 industrial workers were evacuated following an explosion in a gas pipeline in San Miguel Xoxtla, a town in the central Mexican state of Puebla, but no one was injured in the blast, emergency management officials said.

A pipeline belonging to state-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, exploded Saturday morning, Puebla state emergency management office director Jesus Morales said.

The pipeline runs along the side of a highway that connects the town to Mexico City, Morales said.

Army troops and police brought the fire under control and investigators are trying to determine what caused the explosion.

"We do not know if this incident was caused by a clandestine tap, but Pemex is investigating the reason why there was a leak in an exposed pipeline," Morales said.

Companies operating in the San Miguel Xoxtla industrial zone were evacuated.

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