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The cause of the enormous blast, which created chaos in one of the capital’s most heavily populated areas, was thought to be an accident. No deaths have yet been reported.

By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

Reporting from Mexico City

A cloud of gas leaking from a truck caused an enormous explosion under a highway overpass in Mexico City on Wednesday afternoon, injuring at least 58 people, Clara Brugada, the city’s mayor, told reporters at the scene.