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Fire-fighting water was provided to the site by tank trucks normally used for domestic potable water distribution. [18] A major rescue operation mounted, which reached its climax between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Around 4000 people participated in rescue and medical activities, including 985 medics, 1780 paramedics, and 1332 volunteers. 363 ...
A 911 call to local police reported the leak at 17:04 hours, and the explosion occurred at 19:10 hours. [22] When first informed of the leak, Pemex did not initially close the valve because they did not consider the leak "important". [23] It took four hours to extinguish the explosion's fire. [4] [17] Residents from the surrounding areas were ...
Site after explosion. An evacuation of the area had been begun in the minutes following the explosion. [6] In the hours after the blast, about 30 people were reported to be trapped in debris, [6] and searches continued into the next day, as Pemex CEO Emilio Lozoya said there were indications that some people remained under the rubble.
At least one contractor was killed after a fire struck an offshore platform operated by Mexico's national oil company Pemex, the firm said in a statement on Sunday, adding that two others were in ...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's state energy company Pemex said on Saturday that a fire broke out at one of its platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, adding that it had activated emergency protocols ...
Two workers died and another was injured after a fire broke out over the weekend at the biggest domestic refinery owned and operated by Mexico's state oil company Pemex, a company official said on ...
The Los Alfaques disaster was a tank truck explosion that occurred near a holiday campsite on Tuesday 11 July 1978 in the municipality of Alcanar, Spain, and near the town of Sant Carles de la Ràpita. The exploding truck, which was carrying 23 tons of highly flammable liquefied propylene, killed 215 people and severely burned 200 more. Several ...
The 2010 Puebla oil pipeline explosion was a large oil pipeline explosion that occurred at 5:50 am CST [1] on December 19, 2010, in the city of San Martín Texmelucan de Labastida, Puebla, Mexico. The pipeline, running from Tabasco to Hidalgo , [ 1 ] was owned by the Pemex petroleum company, and exploded after thieves from the Los Zetas drug ...