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Death Toll in Iztapalapa Gas Tanker Explosion Rises to 29

Prosecutors focus on the tank rupture’s cause to establish liability.

Overview

  • Salud CDMX’s 22:00 report lists 29 fatalities, 16 people still hospitalized and 39 discharged after the La Concordia blast.
  • Earlier, ISSSTE director Martí Batres confirmed the 28th death, a 36-year-old patient treated at Hospital Regional Ignacio Zaragoza.
  • FGJCDMX is pursuing probes for culpable homicide, injuries and property damage; pericial findings cite a fracture from impact with a rigid object as video evidence challenges the initial speeding claim.
  • The tanker, operated by Transportadora Silza, was carrying about 49,500 liters of LP gas from Tuxpan, Veracruz to a facility in Tláhuac when it overturned and exploded.
  • Two victims remain unidentified as authorities seek relatives, and a two-year-old survivor is receiving specialized burn care at Shriners Hospital in Galveston.