A fuel explosion in downtown Mexico City destroyed a building Monday, killing one person, injuring 29 and leaving dozens of families homeless.
The explosion occurred at 10:17 a. m. in apartment 207, 1909 Coyoacán avenue and Amores avenue in the Benito Juárez neighborhood, one user died hours later in the hospital, while two others suffered second- and third-degree burns of up to 60 percent of their bodies and minor injuries from the effect of bricks. glass and debris. Eleven other people were taken to hospital in total, two of whom were suffering from Covid-19.
Residents fled the construction of 63 apartments, some in their underwear and others with pets, before the emergency arrived to treat the injured on the sidewalk. Some citizens said there was a smell of fuel in the building for days.
Another three hundred people from the neighboring buildings were evacuated.
Rescue groups entered the construction building without knowing if it had suffered structural damage, according to news site Infobae. In a video posted through a journalist, an injured guy who was trapped inside the building was taken to protection while crying in pain.
Images of some apartments were uploaded to social media after the explosion, with the destruction of floors, ceilings and walls.
The apartments of 30 families were left uninhabitable, but will be covered by insurance, according to the newspaper El Universal, which also reported that some of the three hundred evacuees had begun to return to their homes.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Benito Juarez Mayor Santiago Taboada witnessed the scene, where Taboada said it looked like there was no structural damage and Sheinbaum said it was fortunate that the assets were insured, before adding that housing and psychiatric services would be provided to more people. of 63 affected families.
Mexico City’s Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation into the explosion.
With of El Universal and Infobae
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