Property damage and business interruption

12.9, gas pipeline fire

Mexico: a gas pipeline caught fire in an accident near the capital, sending flames more than 100 ft into the air and closing a main highway into the city. Two men were injured in the fire in the industrial town of Cuautitlan Izcalli. Local authorities believed construction workers accidentally pierced the pipeline while they laid foundations for a bridge nearby. The two valves feeding the pipeline were subsequently closed. The Mexican state energy company Pemex said a private company operated the line.