Explosion at Playa del Carmen resort kills 6

CANCUN, Mexico -- A powerful explosion believed to have been caused by an accumulation of gas killed six people and injured 15 on Sunday at a resort hotel on Mexico's Caribbean coast, authorities said.

Four of the dead have been tentatively identified as Canadian tourists, including a nine-year boy, said Quintana Roo state Attorney General Francisco Alor.

He did not give the victims' names, and Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade could not immediately confirm the report of Canadian casualties. Alor said the other two dead were Mexicans; it was unclear whether they were employees of the hotel or tourists.

Eight of the injured are Canadians, two are Americans and five are Mexicans, Alors said. ..........(more)

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vibes to the families.