INQUIRER.net: 20 dead in Mexico gas tanker truck blast—official

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20 dead in Mexico gas tanker truck blast—official May 7th 2013, 23:47 ECATEPEC, Mexico—A gas tanker exploded on a highway in a Mexico City suburb on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more as nearby homes and cars burst into flames.   The blast rocked a modest neighborhood of Ecatepec, north of the capital, in the early hours of the day, injuring at least 36 people, including eight children, and damaging some 15 cars and 40 homes, officials said.   Authorities warned that the death toll could still rise.   Nearby buildings, cars and trucks caught fire after the tanker exploded before sunrise in the community of San Pedro Xalostoc, which is part of the municipality of Ecatepec.   Several... Keep on reading: 20 dead in Mexico gas tanker truck blast—official Media files: gas-tanker-truck-explosion.jpg (image/jpeg)

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