Overview
- In Mexico City, officials say an LP-gas accumulation caused a third-floor explosion in Paseos de Taxqueña, damaging seven buildings and prompting the evacuation of about 2,500 people.
- The capital confirmed the affected block is currently uninhabitable but will be rehabilitated by the Housing Secretariat, with 24 families and a concierge placed in hotels and granted rent support.
- Authorities report 11 people were attended after the blast, including three hospitalizations; two have been discharged and one man remains delicate but stable with burns to roughly 80% of his body.
- In Madrid’s Carabanchel district, a gas explosion killed an 80-year-old woman, injured nine, and forced the clearance of 32 flats over collapse risk, with the Policía Nacional directing the investigation.
- In Peru, a pre-dawn fire in a 1925 quinta on Jirón Ica displaced 13 families (43 people) and is being probed for possible open flame or electrical causes, while a separate CDMX Condesa apartment fire led to 90 evacuations without injuries.