Overview

• Health officials report 25 fatalities, 21 people still hospitalized and 38 discharged following the September 10 blast in Iztapalapa.
• The LP-gas tanker, reported at about 49,500 liters capacity and belonging to Gas Silza, overturned and exploded on Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza near the Puente de la Concordia.
• A first forensic report by the Mexico City attorney general’s office attributes the crash to excessive speed, estimating about 50 km/h in a 40 km/h zone, with no external obstacles found.
• Authorities and media have identified victims including Abril Castañeda, María Salud Jaurrieta, Jaime Becerra and 17-year-old IPN student Jovani Martínez, whose family sought a transfer to the United States for care.
• El Heraldo de México reports the death of microbus driver Erick Vicente, which, if confirmed by authorities, would raise the toll to 26 and lower the hospitalized count to 20.