Mexico chemical plant explosion was due to a “leak””

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4. The explosion at the Mexican chemical plant was caused by a “leak”. On April 20, 2016, local time, a major explosion occurred at a petroleum facility belonging to **Petroleum Company in the southern Gulf of Mexico. It is reported that Mexico’s **Petroleum Company issued a statement on the 24th, saying that after searching the areas most affected by the explosion, rescue workers found more bodies of victims of the blast. On the day of the explosion, the locations of all workers inside the chemical plant had been determined. Mexico’s **oil company also said that the explosion was caused by a “leak.” In addition to the 32 deaths, the explosion also injured over 130 people. ? Pemex is Mexico’s largest petrochemical company and a key industry player; it has experienced frequent accidents in recent years: in 2013, at least 37 people died in an explosion at its headquarters in Mexico City ； 26 people died in the 2012 explosion at a natural gas plant in Tamaulipas state ； In 2015, a fire broke out on an oil rig in the Gulf of Campeche, resulting in 4 deaths and 16 injuries. This incident affected the company’s oil production and caused losses of up to $780 million.