What happened

A Pemex pipeline exploded and caught fire near Xolostitla in Epazoyucan municipality while company personnel were working to disable an illegal clandestine fuel tap. Hidalgo security authorities reported at least two people injured by burns and taken to hospital. Flames rose several metres and were visible from the Pachuca–Tulancingo highway, prompting a response by state and municipal police, the National Guard, military personnel, firefighters, Pemex and civil-protection teams. Officials said suppression, cooling and control work contained the risk to the public; local reporting mentioned an unconfirmed precautionary evacuation of nearby homes. The report did not identify the pipeline, product, suspected tap operators, released volume, throughput impact or definitive ignition mechanism, so the marker is approximate and the record does not attribute responsibility for the explosion itself.

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