(Pemex, 11.Aug.2015) – The fire registered today in the Escobedo-Santa Catarina pipeline, in the municipality of García in Nuevo León, was caused by a blow from machinery that belonged to a private company at a construction site outside Pemex.
Unfortunately, the death of 5 employees of the contractor has been confirmed.
The fire remains under control and will continue burning while the remaining gas that was enclosed in the section of the duct after the isolation valves were shutoff, is consumed.
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