The report of the victims of the explosion of the fourth tanker who transported gas to a densely populated district of the capital of Mexico went up a tanker. to 8 dead Yesterday, while more than twenty injured were still in critical condition, according to authorities.

A previous report, which was released earlier yesterday, spoke of six dead and some 90 injured.

“With great sadness we confirm the death of eight people”said the mayor of the capital, the Clara Brogaduring a press conference the day after the accident at Istapalapaextremely densely populated area in the eastern part of the Mexican capital.

Overall, the explosion resulted in 94 people injured, Ms Brugada said. 22 of them, including the driver of the truck, are hospitalized ‘In critical condition’as third degree burns have been burned, another six ‘In serious state’. Somewhere 70 people needed hospitals in hospitals.

The truck, which carried about 50,000 liters of gas, was overthrown after Wednesday afternoon as it was circulating on a busy highway.

Speeding;

“A huge toxic cloud was formed, which was eventually ignited and caused the flames” huge size, which were visible from a long distance, explained the Miriam UrsuaSecretary for the Risk and Civil Protection of the Municipality of the capital.

Justice is conducting an investigation into the causes of the accident. The prosecutor Berta Alcalde estimated that it was ‘likely’ to be due to growth ‘Excessive speed’ by the driver.

The mayor of the city of Mexico Brugada stressed that the government would seek to regulate more strictly the movement of vehicles carrying fuel or flammable substances to the Metropolis of 9.2 million inhabitants to prevent the repetition of such tragedies.

The issue “is not just imposing penalties or paying damages, but to ensure that this is not repeated,” Mexico’s president also stressed, ” Sheenbaumduring the morning press conference giving, referring to ‘Tragic’ accident.

Federal services issuing licenses for the transfer of hazardous substances will re -examine the regulations implemented.

In visual material from mobile phones broadcast by television stations and released on a blink of eye on social networking sites, were victims of burned clothes and prominent burns, as well as a woman with a baby in the arms, also with burns.

Hundreds of first aid members and military services participated in the rescue operation yesterday.

At the site of the explosion there were almost charred vehicles, no tires, no windows.

There are 1.8 million people in Istapalapa, it is one of the most densely populated areas in the country.

The accidents are often in Mexico, a country with a population of about 130 million, where security rules in many cases are observed only.

Only on Monday, ten people were killed and another 41 were injured in a train collision by a two -storey bus in a level crossing at Atlakomulko, about sixty kilometers from the center of Mexico.

Watch videos and pictures from the accident HERE.