Cancun, Q.R. — Emergency services of Cancun rushed to the scene of an LP gas explosion Thursday morning in the Cancun Hotel Zone. Emergency bodies were deployed after an upper level apartment blew up due to an accumulation of gas.
According to Cancun Civil Protection, the explosion happened shortly after 11:00 a.m. leaving one person, a man, injured with first and second degree burns.
Cancun authroties arrived at the blown-out condo located in Plaza Terramar at Kilometer 8 of Kukulcan Boulevard in the hotel zone after receiving the 11:18 a.m. report of an explosion.
Due to the extent of the damage, the entire building was evacuated while Cancun officials toured the complex. It is not known where the accumulation of gas originated inside the condo.
Several surrounding units are said to have suffered varying degrees of damage from the explosion.
In a news briefing, Protección Civil Cancún said the explosion was reported to Emergency 9-1-1 at 11:18 a.m. inside a building on Kukulcan Boulevard at Km 8 of Plaza Terramar in the Hotel Zone.
They confimred the explosion was due to an accumulation of gas, however, it is not clear if the LP gas accumulation was due to a leak or user neglect. The condo that exploded is reported to be an online vacation rental.
Civil Protection reported that upon their arrival, people were seen leaving their units, because moments before, an explosion had occurred in one of the condos.
“Material damage and an injured person with first and second degree burns are reported and taken to La Joya Hospital,” they said.
Last month in Tulum, two Americans died after their condo exploded due to an accumulation of LP gas. In November, Maricela “C” and her husband Gabriel “N”, both from Grand Prairie, Texas, died in a Mexico City hospital from first and second degree burns after their bottom floor Tulum condo exploded.
The couple had arrived in Tulum the day before to furnish their newly purchase condo when the accident happened.