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Fire at Mexico Pemex gas facility kills 10

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and at least 10 others injured when a gas facility of state oil monopoly Pemex burst into flames in northern Mexico on Tuesday, disrupting gas supplies in the area.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and at least 10 others injured when a gas facility of state oil monopoly Pemex burst into flames in northern Mexico on Tuesday, disrupting gas supplies in the area.

Pemex said in a statement that 10 of its workers had been killed at the gas compression station near the city of Reynosa, a key entry point for natural gas to Mexico from the United States.

The blaze was one of the worst accidents Pemex has suffered in the last few years.

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