Overview
- Pemex, which confirmed Wednesday the death of one of the six injured, said the employee died during transfer to a Mexico City specialty hospital.
- The blast and fire occurred Monday night in the Hidros II cooling tower TE-05 during start-up work, injuring six workers including contractor personnel.
- Refinery crews extinguished the fire and kept most operations running, with reports of a partial shutdown in some units and no disruption to fuel supply.
- Five injured workers remain under constant medical monitoring in high‑specialty and local hospitals, and union notices identified the deceased as engineer Víctor Hugo López Matus from Chicapa de Castro.
- State civil protection reported no structural damage in nearby neighborhoods after inspections, and Pemex says the cause is under investigation with findings pending.