Deadly explosion at PEMEX plant in Mexico
(Vatican Radio) An explosion
rocked a major petrochemical facility of Mexican national oil company Pemex in
the Gulf state of Veracruz on Wednesday, killing at least three people and
injuring dozens of others.
The incident took place at
Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo, or PMV, a vinyl petrochemical plant that is a
joint venture between Pemex's petrochemical unit and Mexican plastic pipe maker
Mexichem.
Pemex said the explosion
occurred at the facility’s chlorinate 3 plant near the port of Coatzacoalcos,
one of the company's top oil export hubs.
Pemex confirmed three people
had died in the blast and said as many as 45 others were injured, while the
governor of Veracruz state – in which the facility is located – Javier
Duarte, put the number of injured people at more than 60.
Local emergency officials
said hundreds of people had been evacuated from the site.
The cause of the explosion is
at present unclear.
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