An enormous hearth broke out in central Mexico on Thursday when a gasoline tanker truck rammed right into a rail line overpass, scorching properties, engulfing the world in thick smoke and evacuating mass, officers mentioned. , however there have been no casualties, the officers mentioned.
Video footage of the hearth on social media confirmed a items prepare being engulfed in flames by the flames, as surprised drivers on the scene grabbed kids and retreated from their automobiles .
Aguascalientes Fire Chief Miguel Murillo mentioned between 800 and 1,000 folks had been evacuated after the tanker hit an overpass and caught hearth in a close-by residential space.
#final minute , within the capital of #Aguascalientes, there was an accident of a unit carrying flammable supplies with a prepare on Aguascalientes Avenue; At least two thousand folks had been evacuated pic.twitter.com/StXZACbE0j
— Azucena Uresti (@azucenau) 21 October 2022
Murillo mentioned twelve folks had been rescued from properties and nobody was injured, though one individual suffered minor injury because of the smoke.
He mentioned the truck driver has been arrested.
Local media initially reported {that a} gasoline truck had hit a prepare.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
