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

Ersin Çelik
16:56 - 21/01/2019 Pazartesi
Update: 16:58 - 21/01/2019 Pazartesi
REUTERS
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.
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.

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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