At least 21 people have been killed and 71 injured in central Mexico when a pipeline drilled by suspected fuel thieves exploded as people were trying to fill up containers, Omar Fayad the government of Hidalgo State said.
Dozens of people have been taken to hospitals with burns.
Television footage showed flames leaping into the night sky in the town of Tlahuelilpan, near the Tula oil refinery on Friday.
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