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Cuajimalpa Hospital Explosion: 4 Babies Confirmed Dead After Gas Blast In Mexico
http://www.latintimes.com/cuajimalpa-hospital-explosion-4-babies-confirmed-dead-after-gas-blast-mexico-291548Mexico woke up with devastating news when a gas blast occured at a children's hospital in Cuajimalpa that has left several dead and many more injured. Fausto Lugo, the city's civil defense director, that there have been at least seven people dead, which include four babies. Lugo also confirmed to ForoTV that a total of 37 people have been left injured and are being attended in different hospitals. José Martinez, spokesperson for Mexico City's mayor, said 52 people have been rescued with 25 of those being treated for injuries. "There's more people inside, under the bricks," he said. The President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, has weighed in on the news and tweeted out a message. "My sadness and solidarity to the injured and to the relatives of those who lost their lives this morning," he wrote.
This happened yesterday. It is so sad. We north of the Rio Grande should take a lesson in the importance of governmental regulation.
