Relatives of one of the victims counted after the explosion of a gas truck in the municipality of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, today denied the official version of the number of dead caused by the accident and that one of them was still alive.
In a message on its X account, the Public Health Secretariat of the Mexican capital reported that nine people died, 55 were hospitalized and 22 were injured and have already been discharged from different hospitals, following the tragedy that occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the east of the city.
According to the list published by the Mexico City Ministry of Health, among the deceased is Alicia Matías Teodoro, the woman who was burned over 90% of her body after protecting her 2-year-old granddaughter from the flames.
However, relatives of the woman have told local media that the list is erroneous and that, after it was published, staff at the Magdalena de las Salinas Hospital where Alicia remains hospitalized told them that she was still alive.
Misinformation about victims of gas pipeline explosion in Mexico
The official list, republished by the Mexico City Government, also includes the name of Ana Daniela Ramírez Barragán, a student at the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), whose death was confirmed moments before by the educational institution.
However, in both cases, the ages on the list do not coincide with the data previously reported by the family members.
Of the 55 hospitalized listed, 20 are in critical condition, 29 in delicate condition and six in serious condition, in different clinics and hospitals in the city.
However, the total number of fatalities and injuries in this list is 86, a figure that contrasts with the information released hours earlier by the head of government, Clara Brugada, who on Thursday afternoon reported that 94 people were affected by the event, eight of them dead.
On Wednesday afternoon, reported Agencia EFE, a tanker with a capacity of 49,500 liters overturned and exploded on Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, near the Puente de la Concordia, in the Iztapalapa district, in the east of the Mexican capital.
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