Pemex Safety Under Scrutiny After Three Separate Fires in One Day
- One worker is killed, at least 8 injured, others still missing
- Company has two separate blasts at facilities in Veracruz
Petroleos Mexicanos storage tanks at one of the company’s refineries.
Photographer: Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg
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Three separate fires at Petroleos Mexicanos facilities on Thursday killed one worker, left at least eight people injured and several others missing, putting the Mexican state oil company’s safety record under scrutiny ahead of its earnings call on Monday.
Pemex said at least five people were missing and three were hospitalized after a fire broke out at a storage facility in Ixhuatlan, Veracruz. One of those workers died, Milenio reported in a video citing workers of the company.