Pipeline blast kills at least one Pemex worker in central Mexico

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least one worker from Mexico's state oil company Pemex died on Wednesday in a fuel pipeline explosion in the central state of Hidalgo, local officials said on Twitter.

Media outlet Reporte Indigo posted a video online showing a large fire lighting up the night sky from the pipeline blast near the town of Xolostitla, Hidalgo.

Some nearby residents were also being evacuated, according to a tweet from Mexico's National Guard.

(Reporting by Lizbeth Diaz and Valentine Hilaire; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)