VIDEO: Fire After Gas Line Explosion in San Pedro, Mexico; 2000 Evacuated


VIDEO/NO AUDIO: More than 2,000 people were evacuated from the Mexican town of San Pedro on Thursday, authorities said, after a gas line exploded, creating a burning crater in the middle of the highway.

A broken water pipe cause erosion near a utility pole, which caused the pole to collapse onto a gas line. The contact with the utility pole caused the gas line to rupture.


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