On late Tuesday afternoon, a tragic explosion at Jose Cuervo’s La Rojeña distillery in Tequila, Mexico, killed six individuals and injured two others, “The New York Occasions” reviews. The subsequent morning, a hearth broke out on the distillery, although it’s at the moment unclear whether or not anybody was contained in the distillery on the time, based on the publication “El Mexicano.”

Surveillance footage shared by the Occasions reveals that round 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a burst of flames erupted from La Rojeña distillery, catapulting what seems to be a big metallic tank into the air. In line with Jalisco authorities, the reason for the preliminary fireplace stays unknown, however it precipitated a boiler to blow up and set 4 60,000-gallon tanks ablaze.

The explosion killed no less than 5 distillery employees and injured two others, one critically, the Jalisco Civil Safety Unit (JCPU) stated in a press release. A more moderen social media put up from the JCPU reviews that responders found a “lifeless individual” inside a retention pit whereas cleansing up the wreckage from Tuesday’s fireplace. “With this discovery, there are 6 individuals useless because of the incident that occurred on the tequila firm,” José Cuervo stated in a press release to El Mexicano.

The preliminary blast prompted evacuations, and a group of over 40 firefighters and civil safety officers reportedly arrived on the scene to regulate the hearth and clear up particles. As of Tuesday evening, the preliminary fireplace had been contained, and the mayor of Tequila lifted a brief stay-at-home order.

On Wednesday morning, a hearth ignited within the distillery’s storage space, based on El Mexicano, probably on account of embers from the evening earlier than. Fortunately, officers and responders had been fast to extinguish it.

Jalisco’s La Rojeña distillery was based in 1812, shortly after the Jose Cuervo model was established. It’s the oldest energetic distillery in all of Latin America, and Casa Cuervo — which encompasses Jose Cuervo and several other different manufacturers — is the largest tequila-producer on the earth. At the moment, Casa Cuervo falls underneath the umbrella of dad or mum beverage firm Becle, which is owned by the Beckmann household.