Overview
- A fireball and large smoke column erupted at a storage site for autotanques in San Juan Negrete, Tepeaca, early Thursday, when multiple gas LP tanks exploded and burned.
- Emergency teams activated a Comando Unificado and evacuated about 2,000 people as a precaution, including roughly 1,700 students from Centro Escolar General Miguel Negrete Novoa.
- Puebla Governor Alejandro Armenta confirmed three people were injured and said there are no reported fatalities.
- Firefighters and Protección Civil continued cooling affected units and securing the perimeter while 59 personnel from state and local agencies worked the scene.
- Officials found additional storage areas during inspections and have turned the case over to ministerial and security authorities to probe causes and the possible illicit origin of the fuel.