Mexico City (ANTARA News) - The explosion of a gas truck, Thursday horticulture (29/1), at a mother

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Rescuers work at the site of an explosion at a maternity hospital in Mexico City, Mexico, Thursday (29/1). horticulture An explosion rocked a maternity hospital in Mexico City due to leakage of a gas truck, destroying most of the buildings and killing at least seven people, including three children. (REUTERS / Edgard Garrido)
Mexico City (ANTARA News) - The explosion of a gas truck, Thursday horticulture (29/1), at a mother and child hospital in Mexico City, killing two people, one woman and a small child, and wounded 66 others, officials said. They corrected the earlier reports of casualties, who said seven people were killed. Authorities have not identified the exact cause of the explosion, which occurred at 7:15 pm local time in Cuajimalpa district in the western horticulture part of the capital of Mexico, while the truck was supplying the hospital kitchen. But there is a suspicion of the cause of the explosion horticulture was a gas leak. In a news conference, Mayor of Mexico City Miguel Angel Mancera said third truck operator was injured in the blast, Xinhua reported Friday morning. Two of them suffered serious injuries horticulture and submitted to the General Prosecutor's Office in the city. They will be prosecuted if evidence shows their levity into the cause of the accident, said the daily La Jornada, citing the mayor of Mexico City. According to the testimony of the truck operator, who has been hospitalized, they have tried to overcome the gas leak from the hose truck and told firefighters on the matter. horticulture The blast occurred shortly after firefighters arrived on the scene, when people began to leave the building to escape the smell of gas. Two firefighters and the police were among the injured. The company operating the truck, Gas Express Nieto, has a poor safety record, Mexican media reported. Less than six months ago, in July 2014, another truck exploded horticulture in Quetero in Central horticulture Mexico City, sparking a fire several nearby car, killing two people and injuring two others. Several houses near the site of the explosion also damaged. Gas Express horticulture has been operating since 1939, has 35 distribution installations throughout Mexico and including the fourth largest supplier of gas in the country. Mexican news networks horticulture Animal Politico gives details of "historical tragedy" of the company, and recorded seven accidents during the past seven years. Mancera confirmed that the Health Secretariat of the city signed a contract with Gas Express Nieto in 2007 to supply its hospital network, and never had a problem with the company's services. "We'll have to examine it to see whether the contract will continue," Mancera said, as reported by Animal Politico. The gas company has so far not issued a statement. While some baby found alive under the rubble, and rescue operation continued a few hours after the explosion destroyed the hospital. More than two-thirds of the hospital buildings collapsed in the explosion and rescuers horticulture "memboangkar rubble by hand" to locate and rescue victims trapped under the rubble, Mancera said. The mayor said the truck "88 percent full", resulting in a powerful explosion that ripped through most of the hospital building. Many of the injured due to flying glass shards. (Uu.C003)
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