| Pemex Says Ammonia Gas Pipeline Leak Death Toll Rises to 9 in Oaxaca EFE | |
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Pemex said initially Wednesday that three people were killed and then later in the day raised the death toll to seven. (EFE)
Mexico City - Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos said Thursday the death toll from an ammonia gas pipeline leak in the southern state of Oaxaca has risen to nine.
"State authorities confirm that the number of fatalities in Oaxaca from the ammonia leak at a pipeline has climbed to nine," Pemex said on Twitter.
Tuesday's accident occurred when heavy machinery used by a private company for road work damaged the conduit, the company said in another message.
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