U srijedu je eksplodirala kemijska tvornica u meksičkoj državi Veracruz u 15.15 sati po lokalnom vremenu. Tri radnika su poginula, 136 je ozlijeđeno, a još stotine ljudi su evakuirane.

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Postrojenje koje je eksplodiralo pripada meksičkoj državnoj naftnoj kompaniji Pemexu. Guverner Javier Duarte kazao je kako se eksplozija osjetila u krugu od 10 kilometara, javlja Reuters. Uzrok eksplozije još nije poznat.

Vatrogasci su do večeri ugasili požar, ali vlasti su upozorile stanovnike da zbog toksičnih para i dima ne izlaze iz domova. Predstavnici Pemexa tvrde da je sve pod kontrolom te da ne postoj opasnost za građane. 

Postrojenjem koje je eksplodiralo upravljala je sestrinska kompanija Pemexa - Mexichem koja proizvodi opasne kemikalije koje su sastavni dio PVC cijevi.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Emergency service workers are responding to the plant explosion in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Coatzacoalcos?src=hash">#Coatzacoalcos</a>, Mexico <a href="https://t.co/fp4tB8oXNC">pic.twitter.com/fp4tB8oXNC</a></p>&mdash; reported.ly (@reportedly) <a href="https://twitter.com/reportedly/status/722911179106967552">April 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just Now: Officials tell residents to avoid outside in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Coatzacoalcos?src=hash">#Coatzacoalcos</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mexico?src=hash">#Mexico</a> -- toxins from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oil?src=hash">#Oil</a> facility explosion <a href="https://t.co/xKRhCTgRGY">pic.twitter.com/xKRhCTgRGY</a></p>&mdash; Raven*H⚓️U*Wolf (@RavenHUWolf) <a href="https://twitter.com/RavenHUWolf/status/722908753427714048">April 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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