Overview
- Authorities report the explosion followed a fire on an exposed gas duct in ranchería San Miguel Segunda Sección, involving a new 36‑inch line designed to carry sour gas toward Mérida.
- Roughly 1,800 workers and nearby residents were evacuated under emergency protocols as responders secured the area.
- CENAGAS logged the start of the incident around 12:57 and said the fire was out by 13:40 with no injuries, a status later updated by state officials to confirm five wounded soldiers.
- Pemex security, Protección Civil, local firefighters and municipal police carried out cooling and containment operations and enforced access restrictions.
- The blast affected a SEDENA base across from the complex where the injuries occurred, and authorities are assessing damage to the pipeline and surrounding infrastructure.