Death Toll Rises to 85 From Mexican Pipeline Explosion

Authorities have 65 reports of missing persons, Hidalgo state governor says

MEXICO CITY—The death toll from a massive explosion at an illegal tap of a gasoline pipeline in central Mexico rose Sunday to 85, and 58 people remained hospitalized, some of them in serious condition, authorities said.

The blast occurred Friday in the municipality of Tlahuelilpan, about 70 miles north of Mexico City and some 13 miles from the Tula refinery, one of six owned and operated by state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex.

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