Death toll from Mexico pipeline explosion rises to 89: health minister

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Residents search for human remains and items that could help to identify their missing relatives and friends at the site where a pipeline ruptured by oil thieves exploded, in the municipality of Tlahuelilpan
Residents search for human remains and items that could help to identify their missing relatives and friends at the site where a pipeline ruptured by oil thieves exploded, in the municipality of Tlahuelilpan, state of Hidalgo, Mexico January 20, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero

January 21, 2019

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The number of people killed in a gasoline pipeline explosion in central Mexico rose to 89, the country’s health minister said on Monday.

There were also 51 people injured, Jorge Alcocer told a morning news conference. Friday’s pipeline blast happened after hundreds of people has rushed to collect fuel from the leaking pipe.

(Reporting by Adriana Barrera; Writing by Christine Murray; Editing by Marguerita Choy)

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