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messenger. A third explosion at 10:08 resulted in a bus, belonging to the Tuts
Company, being projected through the air on the corner of Gante and Nicolás Bravo. Four minutes later another explosion was registered in González Gallo Avenue. At 10:15 factory workers along González Gallo Avenue began to evacuate, just before rescue teams and volunteers began to arrive in areas affected by the explosions. At 10:23 the fifth explosion occurred, at the intersection of Gante and Calzada del Ejército. At 10:29 evacuations began in the Mexicaltzingo neighborhood, two minutes before the sixth explosion was recorded at the intersection of 5 de Febrero and Río Bravo.
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well as her home. She started the group that has a total of 80 members not only because no one was convicted of this preventable incident but also because the victims of this tragedy were not receiving any compensation or assistance due to injuries sustained or loss as a result of the accident. The victims of this tragedy not only lost their homes but also their health and many lost loved ones as well. Although they are aware that no amount of money will bring back their relatives as states Chávez, the tragedy left them unable to care for themselves let alone afford their medication as a consequence of the incident.
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was placed so that fluids could be pushed underneath by gravity. Inverted siphons require a uniform fluid for proper operation. With liquids of different densities, only the densest passes through the siphon. In this case the water passed through and left the lighter gasoline trapped upstream. As the
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Many of the survivors that were affected by the explosions started a group called "La
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commenced two days of investigations in Gante Street; they found high levels of gasoline among other hydrocarbons, but announced it was not necessary to evacuate the area. At 10am on April 22, manhole covers in the street began to bounce and columns of white smoke started coming out of them.
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gasoline coming out of their water pipes. City workers were dispatched to check the sewers and found dangerously high levels of gasoline fumes. However, the city mayor did not feel it was necessary to evacuate the city because he felt that there was no risk of an explosion.
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Polanco; firefighters asked people to avoid lighting any flames, due to a strong smell of gas. It was later confirmed to be a leak in a
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uncover manholes for any remaining gases to escape. Residents of neighborhoods such as Zona
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The sewer pipe had been recently rebuilt into a U-shape so that the city could expand its underground metro railway system. Usually sewers are built in a slope so that gravity helps move waste along. In order to get the U-shape to work, an
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