- Title: MEXICO: GAS EXPLOSION KILLS TEN PEOPLE IN MONTERREY
- Date: 28th July 1997
- Summary: MONTERREY, MEXICO (JULY 28, 1997) (REUTERS TELEVISION - ACCESS ALL) 1. CU/PAN/GV: SIGN "INDUSTRIAL CLUB"/ DAMAGED BUILDING 0.06 2. GV: DAMAGED BUILDING 0.16 3. GV/ZOOM/LV: RUBBLE COVERED BODY NEXT TO THE BUILDING 0.28 4. GV: RESCUE WORKERS 0.34 5. GV/PAN/GV: RUBBLE (2 SHOTS) 0.46 6. GV: RESCUE WORKER RUNNING TOWARD THE BUILDING 1.00 7. GV/SV: RESCUE WORKERS CARRYING CORPSE OUT OF BUILDING (2 SHOTS) 1.15 8. GV: DAMAGED BUILDING 1.26 9. GV: AMBULANCE 1.31 10. GV: HOLE IN THE WALL Of THE BUILDING/ RESCUE WORKERS 1.46 Initials s.3.2 - p.3.2 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
- Embargoed: 12th August 1997 13:00
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- Location: MONTERREY, MEXICO
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- Country: Mexico LATIN AMERICA
- Reuters ID: LVAEVYG13UGV6OOHQXNXRYRZALFY
- Story Text: INTRO: An explosion ripped through an upscale social club in northern Mexico. Rescue officials said up to 10 workers were killed and more remained trapped in the rubble.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- Dozens were injured in the blast on Monday (July 28) that officials said was caused by a gas leak from a water heater in the basement of the "Industrial Club" building on the outskirts of Monterrey, some 300 miles (480 km) north of Mexico City.
The dead were mostly builders who were eating lunch and playing football in the parking lot where the force of the explosion hit hardest.
Officials said the death toll had risen to 10 and that at least two more were trapped in the rubble. A Reuters reporter saw a corpse carried out on a stretcher long after the other dead had been removed.
The local Red Cross said it had up to nine wounded, and the Green Cross said there were 15 other injured, some with broken bones and severe burns.
Two of the dead were cleaning the outside of top floor windows when the explosion ripped through the building. They were blown to their deaths and shards of window glass lay for hundreds of yards around, rescue workers said.
Reporters, who were kept away from the building by police for fear of follow-up explosions, could see three large holes in the structure. Parts of the building appeared to be on the verge of collapse.
The "Industrial Club", a new building in the hills on the edge of Monterrey, is used by the business community in the prosperous city for private parties.
Relatives of the workers gathered at the police cordon, crying and begging to know the fate of their loved ones. There were no names immediately available.
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