It was the result of thieves pumping fuel from a hole in the pipeline. The blast led authorities to a secret fuel cellar, where the thieves had 49 drums with a capacity of 200 liters each. No one was hurt in the explosion.
This was the third such incident in the past month. The first occurred on March 13, when a Pemex truck was found in flames in Tlajomulco on the highway to Morelia. Again, thieves had been extracting fuel from the vehicle when it caught fire, but there were no casualties.
Then, on March 31, another fire was reported when a pipeline in El Zapote, Tlajomulco, was looted. The fuel pressure caused an explosion that also destroyed a nearby truck.