The clothes could have caused the bensinexplosionen in Mexico

It was when people with buckets and cans poured into a petrol, which sprayed fuel, eight miles north of Mexico City, as the disaster occurred on Saturday - the fuel exploded and caused a large fire.

Alejandro Gertz Manero, that the investigation is in inlednignsskedet, but a preliminary conclusion is that the spark behind the explosion came from someone's clothes.

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There was a large group of people around the fountain of gasoline, in the outskirts of the village of Tlahuelilpan, and some of them wore synthetic clothing that could ”cause the electrical reactions,” says the prosecutor, according to CNN.

Sunday, would the witnesses be examined.

People at the site where the explosion occurred. Photo: Alfredo Estrella/AFP

, and a further 74 people are treated in hospital for burns.

Authorities are now trying to address the lack of fuel by putting in more tanker trucks. The last few weeks it has been difficult to get hold of gasoline in several states in Mexico, and also in the capital, there have been fuel shortages, which made people desperate.

Familjemedlemmmar have taken turns to stand in the queue at gas stations to make sure that you receive petrol.

by the authorities to get to grips with the theft of fuel, which is reported to have cost three billion dollars last year, about 27 billion krononr.

Now, considering that itensifiera the coverage of the wiring with the help of the army.