4 Workers Die, 6 Hurt in Mexican Explosion
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MEXICO CITY — Four workers were killed and six injured in the third explosion at a state oil company refinery in three months, a company spokesman said Thursday.
The blast, followed by a fire lasting 20 minutes, occurred Wednesday in Salamanca, 200 miles northwest of Mexico City, at the Antonio M. Amor refinery of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
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