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Iztapalapa Gas-Tanker Blast Death Toll Rises to 27

City health authorities report 18 patients remain hospitalized, with 39 discharged.

Overview

  • Salud CDMX confirmed the 27th death Saturday morning and identified the latest victim as Ricardo Corona Hernández, 38.
  • The September 10 blast at Puente La Concordia followed an overturned LPG tanker and left more than 90 people injured.
  • Prosecutors report the tanker belonged to Silza, originated in Tuxpan and was headed to a station in Tláhuac when it lost control merging onto the México–Puebla highway.
  • Forensic findings indicate the container fractured after impact with a rigid object, and FGJCDMX is advancing a case that could include negligent homicide.
  • Authorities are asking the public to help identify two victims and have deployed a 24/7 assistance line along with mobile prosecutor units at key hospitals.