An explosion that killed five Canadian tourists and two workers on Sunday at a hotel on Mexico’s Caribbean coast was caused by a build-up of gas from a nearby swamp, authorities have said.
The blast in Playa del Carmen hurled the floor of the building through the ceiling and blew out windows, said the attorney general of Quintana Roo state.
Initial investigations into the blast at the Grand Riviera Princess hotel suggest gas that exploded beneath the building was from a nearby swamp, state prosecutor Francisco Alor said.
“The report suggests an accumulation of gases produced by decomposing organic material in the subsoil, and this gas produced the explosion,” Mr Alor said. More.