The
accident
occurred
just
before
dawn
on
Sunday,
when
oil
spilling
from
a
breached
pipeline
quickly
burst
into
a
fireball
that
flattened
homes
and
wrecked
cars
in
San
Martin
Texmelucan,
about
75
kilometres
east
of
Mexico
City.
Reuters
reported
12
of
the
27
dead
were
children
while
51
people
were
injured.
The
explosion
also
destroyed
32
houses
with
about
70
more
homes
damaged,
according
to
officials.
The
explosion
occurred
in
a
residential
neighborhood
which
is
not
near
major
oil
refining
or
transportation
facilities,
according
to
local
media
reports.
Reuters
reported
that
state
oil
monopoly…
