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Mexico’s national oil company Pemex announced Wednesday that an employee who was hurt in a refinery blast has died from his injuries. The worker passed away Tuesday night while being transported to receive medical treatment, according to a company statement.<\/p>

According to Mexican publication Milenio, the Pemex employee Victor Hugo Lopez Matus sustained severe third-degree burns across 80% of his body when an explosion occurred in the cooling tower at the Hidros II facility, based on medical documentation.<\/p>

The oil company’s official statement did not verify the worker’s name. Pemex has not yet responded to requests for additional information.<\/p>

On Monday night, Pemex acknowledged that flames erupted in a cooling tower within the 325,000-barrel-per-day facility located at the Port of Salina Cruz in Oaxaca, stating the blaze had been completely put out.<\/p>

The corporation reported that six individuals sustained injuries and were transported for hospital care.<\/p>

Mexico’s state-owned oil enterprise was compelled to temporarily halt operations at the refinery following Monday’s fire incident, based on information from a knowledgeable source and industry tracking service IIR Energy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A worker at Mexico’s state oil company Pemex has died from severe burns sustained in a refinery explosion. The employee suffered third-degree burns over 80% of his body and died while being transported for medical care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":66098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778696618086.jpg?fit=450%2C284&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-hc7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65185,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/six-hospitalized-after-fire-breaks-out-at-mexican-oil-refinery\/","url_meta":{"origin":66099,"position":0},"title":"Six Hospitalized After Fire Breaks Out at Mexican Oil Refinery","author":"Admin","date":"May 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A blaze erupted at Mexico's state-owned Pemex oil refinery in Oaxaca on Monday, sending six workers to the hospital. 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