Photos and Videos: Explosions and fire due to LP gas leak in Puebla alert to premises - SinEmbargo MX

The incident occurred after 2 in the morning and allegedly originated following a clandestine LP gas shot;Security bodies are already taking emergency actions.

Ciudad de México, 31 de octubre (Periódico Central/SinEmbargo).- Autoridades de Protección Civil han alertado la presencia de un incendio en un predio de San Pablo Xochimehuacán, Puebla, originado por una fuga de gas LP.

Around 2:30 in the morning, on October 31, the explosion apparently caused by Huachicoleros was recorded.This caused a fire in the area, so the closure of a perimeter for security and the evacuation of neighbors began.

Neighbors heard at least three explosions that came from Avenida Ferrocarril and Industrias de San Pablo Xochimehuacán, so that State Firefighters, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Civil Protection and Municipal Police work in the control of an LP gas leak insideA property located in this Auxiliary Board of Puebla.

Both Civil Protection of the municipality of Puebla and the State made a call to the population so that they did not approach the site;In the same way that operations have started to evict families that live around the epicenter of the incident, determining a perimeter of 1 kilometer to evacuate them.

The Rafael Moreno Valle Traumatology and Orthopedics Hospital was evicted by explosion and at this time elements of the Ministry of Citizen Security of Puebla evacuate the surrounding streets of Xochimehuacán.

Civil Protection of the State of Puebla reported that the colonies of Benito Juárez and La Guadalupana are equally evacuated, so the Mormon temple located in Boulevard Norte and 9 North opened their doors as a hostel, allowing the stay of evacuees.

Likewise, the same civil protection of Puebla chose the Royal Camino and Road to Tlaxcala as places of command and triage center for emergency care.

So far there is no available figure of human and material losses following the explosion, which throughout the day will be information provided by local units.