Blast at Mexico City Hospital Kills 2

A gas explosion heavily damaged a maternity and children’s hospital here on Thursday, leaving at least three people dead and dozens wounded, some by broken glass, the authorities said.

A total of 54 people were wounded, officials said, including 22 children, at the Hospital Materno Infantil on the western outskirts of the city. Mayor Miguel Mancera said most of the injuries were minor, while Luis Felipe Puente, the city’s civil defense director, said about 20 children were taken to hospitals for burn injuries of varying severity.

Later, as the debris...

A children’s hospital in Mexico City was nearly leveled when a gasoline tanker truck exploded Thursday, killing at least two. More than 60 people were injured in the blast, the mayor said. An unknown number of people are also trapped, but there are concerns that adults and babies are beneath the debris. The accident is believed to have occurred after a hose burst when the truck was supplying natural gas to the hospital. Firefighters were trying to control a leak in the hose when the explosion occurred.