"The information we received shortly before coming to the press conference is 66 killed and 76 wounded, some of them are in serious and very serious conditions", governor of the Hidalgo state, Omar Fayad, announced on Saturday in a briefing broadcast live on Twitter.
66 killed and 54 injured in a fire that broke out at a pipeline leaking fuel, #Mexico pic.twitter.com/fZcPM3ip88
— Rao Hamza Saleem (@Hamza_saleem777) 19 января 2019 г.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador previously launched a campaign against fuel theft. According to the local authorities' estimates, as cited by Reuters, the country lost more than $3 billion last year due to rampant gasoline theft.
