Three people dead, dozens wounded in Mexico City gas truck blast

Three died and 67 people were wounded when a gas truck exploded in Mexico City on Wednesday causing widespread damage, municipal officials said. Several other vehicles were damaged in the explosion, the causes of which are not yet known.

Police have guarded the accident area, and roadblocks have been put up in the vicinity as security measures for residents and also to preserve the scene for the investigation to determine precisely the causes of the accident, according to local authorities.