Blast tears through Mexico City

BBC ^ | Friday, 15 February 2008, 21:36 GMT | BBC Staff

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	Blast tears through Mexico City
	Police and ambulances are attending the scene of a large blast in Mexico City, where several people are reported to have been injured. The blast occurred at about 1430 (2030 GMT) near the tourist area known as the Zona Rosa (Pink Zone). The cause of the explosion was unclear, though a senior police officer said it may have been an explosive device.

[Godzilla]

ping

[squidly]

Bombs are among the most frightening things there are. I don’t wish anything bad on the regular old folks of Mexico City.

[Red_Devil 232]

Did it go all the way through?

[mad puppy]

Who would want to blow up Mexico?

and btw, who writes stuff like this:

“The cause of the explosion was unclear, though a senior police officer said it may have been an explosive device.”

Really? An explosive device caused the explosion? Huh.

[Dog Gone]

The cause of the explosion was unclear, though a senior police officer said it may have been an explosive device.

Yep, explosive devices can cause explosions.

Nothing gets past this senior police official.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

BBC Updare:

Large blast hits Mexican capital
where at least one person is reported to have been killed and another hurt.

[DvdMom]

This should be posted in breaking news .....

[colorado tanker]

Well, to be fair explosions are also often caused by gas or chemicals.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I always wondered about how those explosions happened.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I’ll let the mods decide on this one.,..

[cripplecreek]

I remember they had a massive sewer explosion down there some years ago. Gasoline leaking into the sewer system or something.

[nuconvert]

MEXICO CITY (AP) - An explosion occurred near the Mexico City police headquarters Friday, killing one man and injuring a young woman, police said.
The explosion broke windows in the immediate vicinity and shook high-rise buildings blocks away along the capital’s tony Reforma Avenue. Police officers dressed in riot gear swarmed and cordoned off the area.
One man was killed in the explosion and a 22-year-old woman was injured, according to a police official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

http://www.pr-inside.com/mexico-city-police-explosion-kills-r441131.htm

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the info,...near the police hdqtrs....hmmm....

[cgbg]

Given the state of Mexican infrastructure maintenance an industrial or gas line accident has to be a first guess.

[Allegra]

Bombs are among the most frightening things there are.

Yes, they certainly are. And I particularly hate to hear about them going off anywhere in the west.

[SE Mom]

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - A huge explosion of unknown origin rocked central Mexico City Friday causing at least three injuries and damage to two vehicles, an AFP correspondent reported.

The blast occurred at 2:30 pm (2030 GMT) near the tourist area known as the Zona Rosa (Pink Zone), where dozens of ambulances, patrol cars and two helicopters have converged.

City police, who have their headquarters nearby, said they have yet no reports as to the cause of the blast.

AFP photographers said a bomb disposal squad had arrived on the scene.

The explosion also shattered windows and billboards in the vicinity

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080215/twl-mexico-blast-4bdc673_1.html

[3AngelaD]

In Mexico they do not have natural gas lines into their houses and businesses like we do. Guys in trucks with large tanks of natural gas deliver to your house about once a month, dropping off the full tanks and picking up the empties. There are frequent explosions, and several years ago one of the storage areas for those tanks caught on fire and exploded in Mexico City, causing horrendous damage.

[hosepipe]

A super jalapeno burrito blowout no doubt..
Them Mexicans are all time bombs..