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

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 on January 20. (REUTERS Photo)

MEXICO CITY, January 21 (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.




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