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Mexico City Gas Tanker Blast Death Toll Rises to 25

Officials say 21 remain hospitalized during an ongoing investigation.

Overview

  • Mexico City’s Health Secretariat updated the tally to 25 dead, 21 hospitalized and 38 discharged after the Sept. 10 explosion under the Puente de la Concordia in Iztapalapa.
  • The city prosecutor’s office released photo bulletins to locate families of two unidentified victims, describing a deceased man believed to be named Gilberto Aarón or Aarón Gustavo Hernández López and a hospitalized young woman thought to be named Giovanna.
  • Prosecutors said the tanker traveled from Tuxpan bound for a Tláhuac gas station, the leaked gas expanded about 180 meters and the fire ignited from a spark after an impact with a rigid object.
  • Authorities have asserted excessive speed led to the rollover, but surveillance video circulated by media appears to show the vehicle moving at a moderate pace, leaving the cause under review.
  • The foundation Michou y Mau reported that two-year-old Jazlyn Azulet was extubated in Galveston and remains in critical-stable condition, as prosecutors pursue possible negligent homicide and injury charges and the operator Transportadora Silza says it will assume responsibility.