Petróleos Mexicanos reported in a statement that five workers are missing and three are hospitalized after a fire at the storage plant in the city of Ixhuatlán, in the state of Veracruz.
In the video, a witness shows the cloud of smoke in the air.
State and municipal Civil Protection officials arrived at the oil company's facilities to attend to the emergency.
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