COATZACOALCOS, Mexico, April 22 (UPI) -- The death toll in a Mexican petrochemical plant explosion has climbed to 24, authorities said
At least 100 people were injured in Wednesday's explosion at Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo, a joint venture between the petrochemical consortium Mexichem and state oil firm Pemex. The vinyl chloride plant is located in the southern state of Veracruz. The explosion happened in the facility's chlorinate 3 plant. The cause remains under investigation.