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3 Dead, Over 130 Injured in Pemex Oil Plant Explosion in Mexico

© REUTERS / Angel HernandezSmoke rises from the explosion site at Mexican national oil company Pemex's Pajaritos petrochemical complex in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz state, Mexico, April 20, 2016.
Smoke rises from the explosion site at Mexican national oil company Pemex's Pajaritos petrochemical complex in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz state, Mexico, April 20, 2016. - Sputnik International
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136 people were injured and 3 died in an explosion at an oil facility of Pemex in the state of Veracruz.

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Mexico’s state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) company has confirmed that three of its workers died in an explosion at its oil facility in the state of Veracruz.

"So far, unfortunately, three workers have been confirmed dead," Pemex said on Twitter.

According to the company, 136 workers were injured in the Wednesday accident.

Earlier, Pemex confirmed via Twitter that 58 of its workers were injured in the accident. In an earlier statement, the company said that 30 injuries were reported after the accident.

Smoke rises from the explosion site at Mexican national oil company Pemex's Pajaritos petrochemical complex in Coatzacoalcos. - Sputnik International
Mass Evacuation After Blast at Pemex Oil Facility in Southern Mexico
According to Pemex, the explosion occurred at 15:15 local time (20:15 GMT) at an oil facility in Coatzacoalcos, in the state of Veracruz. The oil plant is operated by the Mexichem petrochemical company and is jointly owned with Pemex.

Pemex CEO José Antonio González Anaya headed the site of the accident to coordinate the emergency response, the company said in its statement.

In a late Wednesday post on its official Twitter page, Pemex said that the fire at the oil facility has been contained.

In February, a fire broke out on a Pemex offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, injuring several workers and leading to the death of two people. In April 2015, four people died and over a dozen were injured after a fire on the same oil rig.

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