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Fuel pipeline blaze in Mexico kills 20, 54 injured: government
MEXICO CITY, Jan 19, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A leaking fuel pipeline triggered a
massive blaze in central Mexico Saturday, killing at least 20 people and
injuring another 54, officials said.
Omar Fayad, governor of Hidalgo state, said locals at the site of the leak
were scrambling to steal some of the leaking oil when at least 20 of them
were burned to death.
“I’ve been told that 20 have been burned to death and another 54 burn
victims being treated” in hospitals, Fayad told local FaroTV.
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