Morelos Attorney General Reports 31 Complaints Against Gas Distributor Tomza Over Explosion

The Morelos Attorney General's Office reported on August 8 that it holds 31 complaints for damages and injuries following the explosion of an LP gas tanker truck that on August 6 left 21 people injured in the Las Granjas neighborhood of Cuernavaca. Attorney General Fernando Blumenkron Escobar confirmed that gas distributor Tomza had reached out to assist those affected.

The incident occurred on Thursday, August 6, in front of a residence in the Las Granjas neighborhood. According to Enrique Clement Gallardo, Cuernavaca's municipal Civil Protection coordinator, the toll included 34 homes affected, three of them uninhabitable due to structural damage, 21 people injured, and 11 vehicles damaged. Attorney General Blumenkron Escobar noted that the tanker's driver remains a fugitive and that the municipality only placed the vehicle at authorities' disposal. LP gas distribution in Mexico is overseen at the state and municipal levels, with local Civil Protection as the competent authority, placing the institutional response squarely with Morelos.

Morelos Civil Protection identified Tomza Gas Titanium as the owner of the tanker and opened an administrative proceeding that, according to state coordinator Ubaldo González Carretes, could result in a serious sanction or the closure of the company; the firm holds valid operating permits in the state. Among the injured, a 15-year-old girl with burns covering more than 58 percent of her body will be transferred to Shriners Hospital in Galveston, Texas, and Vivian Sharif Martínez García, 21, with burns covering more than 70 percent of her body, was airlifted by ambulance to Mexico City. Attorney Eduardo Núñez Morales, representing a family whose home was completely destroyed, filed a complaint for negligent injury and property damage, and requested that the investigation not focus solely on the driver.

The Civil Protection administrative proceeding and the Attorney General's investigation define the next steps: a possible sanction or closure of the company and the determination of the driver's legal status. Authorities continue to assist affected families as forensic work on the causes of the explosion advances.

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