FIVE DEAD AFTER EXPLOSION AT MEXICO TEQUILA FACTORY

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Five people were murdered on Tuesday by an explosion at a Jose Cuervo tequila manufacturing facility in Mexico, according to local officials.

According to a statement from the civil protection office in the western state of Jalisco, “five people’s deaths are confirmed to be workers of the company.”

According to the statement, two other people were hurt, one critically.

The origin of the explosion in Tequila municipality is yet unknown, while the firm claims it occurred during maintenance.

Two of the four 219,000-liter containers that were affected collapsed, according to state director of civil protection Victor Hugo Roldan.

“The Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences is already here to do their expert report,” he told journalists.

Footage from a municipal security camera shows one of the containers flying meters into the air after the explosion, which caused a fire that was brought under control hours later.

The incident occurred at around 4:30 pm (2230 GMT) at the distillery, known as La Rojena.

Fifty firefighters attended the scene, in addition to the firm’s internal civil protection team, the authorities said.