The World - News from June 26, 1988

Three more workers died from burns suffered in a fiery explosion at a gasoline supply depot in Guadalupe, Mexico, bringing to seven the number of confirmed dead in the accident, officials said. Neighborhoods surrounding the tank farm filled up once again as thousands of twice-evacuated residents returned home. Firefighters thought they put out the blaze early Friday, and most residents went home, only to flee again in panic a short time later when a tank reignited. Workers were doing maintenance work on a fire prevention system Thursday when a 2.2-million-gallon gasoline tank exploded, igniting two other tanks. The complex is owned by the government petroleum monopoly Pemex.