A gas explosion in Puebla state sends a fireball into the sky, 2,000 evacuated
Four LP gas tanks exploded in the state of Puebla Thursday morning, the state Civil Protection chief said, causing a huge fireball to shoot into the sky and prompting the evacuation of approximately 2,000 people. The tanks exploded on a property in Tepeaca, a small city located about 35 kilometers east of Puebla city. No deaths were immediately reported, but three people were injured and taken to a hospital for treatment, according to the newspaper La Jornada. Bernabé López Santos, head of the Puebla Civil Protection authority (PC Puebla), said in a video message that four “tanks of gas” had exploded inside a warehouse on a property in Tepeaca. He didn’t identify the cause of the explosion. PC Puebla initially reported that four gas tankers, rather than tanks, had exploded. López said that gas tankers were found in another warehouse on the same property. Photos appeared to show that at least one heavy vehicle had caught fire, if not actually exploded. PC Puebla s...