Fuel blaze engulfs Mexico railway and homes

A immense blaze has engulfed a bid enactment and homes successful Aguascalientes, cardinal Mexico, aft a substance motortruck crash.

Dramatic video of the occurrence went viral connected societal media, including aerial shots of achromatic fume blanketing a ample country of the city. One video showed a cargo bid hurtling done flames.

Mexico's El Universal website says much than 1,500 radical were evacuated. Some homes and cars were gutted by fire.

There are nary reports of deaths, but respective radical were taken to hospital.

Police person detained the motortruck driver.

A Facebook post by Mayor Leo Montañez speaks of 300 homes successful the clang area, 120 of which person been damaged.

It is not wide precisely however the clang happened. Initial reports said the motortruck collided with a train, but Reuters present says the motortruck deed an overpass.

State lipid steadfast Pemex has denied owning the truck, and says it is helping efforts to incorporate the fire.

Some 200 firefighters are trying to incorporate the blaze, El Universal reports.

One video changeable from a car parked adjacent showed a agelong cargo bid passing done flames connected some sides of the track.