TLAHUELILPAN, Mexico — The Latest on a pipeline fire in Mexico (all times local):2:30 p.m.Latin American governments are expressing their condolences after a massive fireball erupted at an illegal pipeline tap in Mexico, killing at least 66 people. Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent condolences for the victims and said it hoped for the speedy recovery of the wounded. Gerardo Perez Gutierrez said: “We’re stubborn.”Perez said he returned Saturday to the scorched field where the massive fireball erupted at the illegal pipeline tap. ——1 p.m.Mexican Defence Secretary Luis Cresencio says 25 military personnel arrived on the scene Friday before a massive fireball erupted at an illegal pipeline tap. ——9 a.m.Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says the attorney general’s office will investigate an illegal pipeline tap in central Mexico that killed 66 and wounded dozens of others.

Source: National Post January 19, 2019 13:54 UTC