What happened today, April 16, in Tlalpan?

2024-04-19 05:18:34

A strong explosion due to gas accumulation surprised several people on the morning of this Tuesday, April 16, in the vicinity of the Tlalpan mayor’s office in Mexico Citymarking the beginning of a chaotic day with several people injured.

The incident took place in a house in the Miguel Hidalgo colony 3rd sectionat the intersection of Miguel Hidalgo and Jesús Lecuona streets, wreaking chaos and leaving at least 8 injured, two of them seriously.

The explosion, recorded around 8 in the morning, caused the Total collapse of the two-story building and significant damage to 5 nearby homestriggering an urgent mobilization of rescue teams, firefighters, paramedics and local authorities.

Multiple injuries, including two seriously elderly adults

Among the injured are two adults, A Man and a Womanalleged owners of the property where the explosion occurred and who suffered serious injuries when they were trapped under the rubblewhile the other victims have various serious injuries.

According to a witness to whom Foro TV had access, The woman suffered burns on a large part of her body and the man was trapped in half of his body after the roar. occurred near Campus 2 of CONALEP where several students started their classes today.

The magnitude of the event required the intervention of emergency organizations such as the Mexico City Fire Department, the Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection, as well as the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) of CDMX, who deployed their resources to Respond to the emergency and rescue trapped people.

In the midst of the chaos, air assistance was requested to transfer the most seriously injured to the Xoco Hospitalwhile rescue teams worked tirelessly at the scene to free those affected and provide them with timely medical care.

Myriam Urzúa, head of the SGIRPC, confirmed that both older adults were rushed to a nearby hospital and that the site no longer represents a danger to the inhabitants of the area.

As the situation evolves, the public is urged to remain calm, follow the instructions of authorities and allow passage to emergency vehicles that continue to work in the affected area.

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Mexican journalist and photographer. She graduated from the Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Journalism at the FES Aragón of the UNAM, with a specialty in written press. I have a Technical degree in Advanced Digital Systems for Computing and Graphic Design. I am a web reporter at Debate.com.mx and I cover CDMX, Edomex, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Morelos and Veracruz, also on Economics and Politics.

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2024-04-19 05:18:34