Nadadores, Mexico-Dozens were dead near Nadadores in the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila on Monday, Sept. 10, according to various wire reports. The number of the dead, initially given as 28, was growing, as some of the approximately 150 injured were seriously injured. A tractor-trailer reportedly carrying 25 metric tons of either ammonium nitrate or ANFO (an ammonium nitrate and fuel oil mixture) was involved in an accident with another vehicle. Reports were that the explosion came about an hour and a half after the actual accident, when a fire broke out. Unfortunately, the area had not been evacuated. Local reports identified the truck as coming from Orica Ltd.’s plant in Monclova, enroute to a mine in Colima. Orica had not returned calls at presstime.
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