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Death Toll From Iztapalapa Gas Blast Rises to 30 as Unidentified Victim Is Named 'Geovana'

City health officials will issue nightly 9 p.m. reports to track hospitalizations, discharges and identification efforts.

Overview

  • Sedesa’s 22:00 update reported 15 people still hospitalized and 39 discharged following the September 10 explosion at Puente de la Concordia.
  • Authorities confirmed the addition of Geovana, 21, to the deceased list after identification efforts that relied on tattoos described in official fotoboletines.
  • Institutional reports counted 28 patients attended at IMSS, 32 at ISSSTE and 47 at IMSS‑Bienestar, with continued care concentrated in specialized burn units.
  • The tanker’s driver, Fernando Soto Munguía, is among those who died, according to the official hospital lists.
  • After earlier updates were issued every eight hours, the capital’s health department set a fixed daily reporting schedule beginning this week at 9 p.m.