Death toll from tanker truck explosion in Mexico City rises to 25

The death toll from an explosion involving a tanker truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Mexico's capital has climbed to 25, the city's Health Ministry said on Friday. The truck, hauling about 50,000 litres of LPG, overturned and slammed into a wall. A rupture vented gas that ignited, set off an explosion and a fire that torched around 30 vehicles. The fatalities have climbed since Wednesday last week, when the truck burst into flames and exploded while travelling on a busy highway in Iztapalapa, Mexico City's most populous borough. "Regarding the Iztapalapa incident, we can confirm that 21 people remain hospitalised, 38 have been discharged, and tragically, 25 people have died," Mexico City Health Ministry reported. The incident has...