At least seven units of the local fire department have been deployed to the scene, following a massive explosion at a chemical plant in Garcia, in the state of Nuevo Leon, in northeastern Mexico.
The chemical recycling plant processes solvents and various oils in an industrial sector of the city. Despite the enormous explosion, somewhat miraculously, there have as yet been no confirmed injuries. Eyewitness video from the scene shows the sheer scale of the blaze and the resultant thick black smoke that is now blanketing parts of the metropolitan area.
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