Update: Mexico Revises Maternity Hospital Gas Blast Death Toll, Says 2 Dead, Dozens Injured The Globe and Mail
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Seven people, including three children, were killed when a gas truck exploded and destroyed a large part of a maternity hospital in the west of Mexico City, emergency services said on Thursday. Rough Cut (Reuters)

Reuters Update: One woman and a child were killed when a gas explosion tore through a maternity hospital on the western edge of Mexico City on Thursday, the capital's mayor said, revising down earlier tolls announced by national emergency services.

A powerful gas tank truck explosion shattered a maternity and children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least three adults and one baby and injuring dozens.

Claudia Dominguez, spokeswoman for the city’s civil defence agency, confirmed the deaths and said she expected an updated toll soon.

She said she could not confirm the report by the local borough chief, Adrian Rubalcava, that seven had died

Rescuers continued digging through the rubble even as smoke rose from remaining fires.

Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera earlier told the Televisa network that at least 54 people were injured, 22 of them children. Most of the injuries were relatively minor, he said, many caused by flying glass.

Fausto Lugo, the city’s civil defence director, said 37 people were transported to other hospitals and he said other people were likely still buried in the rubble.

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