An aerial photo shows the scene after a gas explosion that rocked a maternity hospital on the outskirts of Mexico City on Thursday, January 29. Two people were killed, the city's mayor said, correcting earlier official statements with a higher death toll.
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Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and his wife, Angelica Rivera, talk with an injured woman at ABC Hospital in Mexico City.
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Rescue workers form a human chain as they clear wreckage following the explosion.
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Rescue workers climb through the rubble left by the explosion. A truck was supplying gas to the hospital when apparently a hose burst and the resulting leak caused an explosion, Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said.
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Smoke rises from the site of the explosion.
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Police officers guard the area near the scene of the explosion.
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Rescuers comb through the debris looking for victims.
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The explosion left the building on the verge of collapse.
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Police block off the area near the scene of the explosion.
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People wait outside the blocked-off area.
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Firefighters battle flames in the debris.
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A firefighter who had been working on the wreckage is examined by a Red Cross paramedic.
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An injured woman is treated after the blast.
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Rescuers and their dogs search the wreckage. There are fears that people might be trapped in the debris.
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The Cuajimalpa Maternal Hospital is on the southwest outskirts of Mexico City. It was founded in 1993 and is part of the city's government health system.
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The Red Cross reported that it provided 23 ambulances and more than 40 rescuers to the efforts.