CDMX authorities attend to the collapse of a house after a strong explosion in the mayor’s office Miguel Hidalgo

A house collapsed this Saturday morning after registering a strong explosion in the Pensil Norte neighborhood, in the mayor’s office Miguel Hidalgo. The place was attended by elements of the Red Cross, the Fire Department and the Secretariat for Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection of Mexico City (SGIRPC).

The agency reported that so far, four people who were injured have been transferred to various hospitals.

“In a preliminary way, there is a report of eight people injured by the explosion in @AlcaldiaMHmx; four of them were transferred to receive medical attention, the rest were treated on the spot,” explained the SGIRPC.

Elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security local guard the area and the operation with dogs was activated to search for people in collapsed structures.

Mauricio Tabe Echartea, Mayor of Miguel Hidalgo, said in his social networks that the area is cordoned off and urged citizens to the place of the incident recorded around 9:00 am at the address located in Lake Naur and Lake Ammer.

Meanwhile, the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City reported on its Twitter account that Victim Attention personnel have traveled to the hospitals where the injured people are, while experts in different specialties are in the place. of the explosion.

The head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, also said through her official microblogging network account that emergency services continue to work at the scene of the explosion.

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