MEXICO CITY: The death toll from a powerful blast at a petrochemical plant in Mexico has risen to 13, and the final toll is feared to be higher still, an official said on Thursday.
“We have searched the affected area within the complex, and sadly so far located 13 victims,” Luis Felipe Puente, a senior civil protection official within the interior ministry, said on Twitter.
Three people were previously confirmed to have died in Wednesday’s explosion in southeastern Veracruz state that also injured 136.
