Death Toll in Veracruz State Pemex Petrochemical Plant Blast Keeps Rising Anthony Harrup - The Wall Street Journal
go to original April 21, 2016

Mexico: Death toll in Pemex factory blast rises to 24 (Euronews)

Update: Death Toll at 28 in Mexico Petrochemical Plant Explosion (Associated Press)

The death toll from an explosion at a petrochemical plant owned by chemicals company Mexichem SAB and state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos has risen to 13, Pemex Chief Executive José Antonio González Anaya said Thursday.

The explosion Wednesday afternoon at the plant in Coatzacoalcos, in Veracruz state, also injured 136 others, of whom 88 remained hospitalized, Mr. González Anaya said in an interview on Mexico’s Televisa network.

A number of the hospitalized workers are in serious condition and it is possible that the number of casualties could increase as work continues at the site, the official added.

The fire had been controlled as of late Wednesday, and there was no danger to communities in the area, officials said.

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