An explosion resulting from work to control an ethane leak in a Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) pipeline has left at least 19 people injured in the Mexican municipality of Agua Dulce, in the state of Veracruz, said Fireengineering.
As detailed in a statement by the area’s Civil Protection Secretary, Guadalupe Osorno, the number of injured people has risen from 11 to 19, although most have only first-degree burns, for which they are being treated in medical centers.
The explosion took place at 3:00 p.m. (local time) on Tuesday during the maneuvers carried out by workers from Pemex, State Civil Protection and the Mexican Army, who were trying to cover a leak in the gas pipeline, until it later exploded, reported ‘The universal’.
Until now, the fire is still active and is in the process of being controlled by the Mexican authorities who have been on the scene since the start of the leak.
We remind, Pemex reported its third quarter net loss narrowed to USD2.58 billion (52.0 billion pesos), but said it had suffered from increased sales costs as well as currency exchange losses as the peso weakened against the dollar.
The company posted a net loss of 52.0 billion pesos for the three months through September, compared with a loss of 77.2 billion pesos in the same period of 2021. The red ink came despite a 56.5 percent jump in revenue, to 602 billion pesos, thanks to higher energy prices and strong demand.
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