MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health minister said on Sunday that the number of people killed in a gasoline pipeline explosion has risen to 79.
Another 66 people remained hospitalized, Jorge Alcocer told a press conference. The blast occurred on Friday when up to 800 people flocked to collect gasoline at the Tula-Tuxpan pipeline that had been punctured by fuel thieves, officials said.
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