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Mexico City Moves to Tighten Fuel-Transport Rules as Fresh Tanker Accidents Roil Region

Local deputies will join Protección Civil plus Bomberos to draft a city protocol for fuel distribution following the Iztapalapa explosion that left 29 dead.

Overview

  • City health officials raised the Iztapalapa LP-gas blast toll to 29 after confirming the deaths of Alí Yael González Aranda and Adolfo Franco Madrigal, with 16 people still hospitalized.
  • Morena legislators announced participation in working tables led by risk management and fire officials to review laws and create a formal protocol that reinforces company and vehicle obligations for fuel transport; the tanker involved belonged to Silza and officials cited widespread LP-gas use in homes.
  • A tanker carrying about 30,000 liters of fuel overturned and burned at the Las Jorobas section of the México–Tuxpan highway, prompting explosions, a full closure and a multi-agency response, with no serious injuries reported.
  • In Ecatepec, a pipa that had just discharged hypochlorite tried to beat a freight train and overturned; authorities reported no risk of explosion, treated the driver for minor injuries and placed him under detention.
  • Emergency operations extended beyond the capital as a Pemex diesel tanker fell into a half‑meter sinkhole in Iztacalco without injuries or leaks; in Tetepango, Hidalgo, federal and state forces contained a fire tied to a clandestine tap and the FGR opened an investigation.