Pipeline
Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion
18 January 2019
Mexico
What happened
An illegal tap on a Pemex fuel pipeline caused a gasoline geyser that drew a crowd collecting fuel; the geyser ignited, killing 137 people. Pemex and Mexican authorities attributed the tap to organized fuel-theft networks ("huachicoleo").
When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Pipeline
- Latitude
- 20.1300°
- Longitude
- -99.1900°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.