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Second worker in Mayakoba gas explosion dies

Playa del Carmen, Q.R. — A second man who was burned by a gas explosion in Mayakoba has died. On Tuesday, it became public that Samuel Alor de la Cruz died late Sunday in hospital.

He was one of five men rushed to hospital with serious burns after an LP gas explosion at a Mayakoba worksite. One of the workers died the following day after being admitted with third degree burns.

On Sunday, a second worker died. Three others remain in Playa del Carmen hospital.

The five men were burned after a boiler they were working on exploded due to an LP gas leak. Solidaridad Civil Protection are still investigating the incident.