(1 Feb 2013)
1. Mid of explosion victim fainting in courtyard of Pemex building, Mexican Red Cross workers supporting him
2. Tracking shot of injured person being put into back of ambulance
3. Various of debris, filmed through metal bars
4. Wide of emergency workers outside building where explosion happened
5. Mid of emergency workers carrying piece of debris
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Miguel Angel Osorio, Mexico Interior Minister:
"First of all, Mexico's government regrets this tragedy here in Pemex, in the Pemex towers. This was due to an explosion, the cause of which we haven't been able to identify yet."
7. Various of emergency workers outside building where explosion happened
8. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Miguel Angel Osorio, Mexico Interior Minister:
"Right now, we are working to explore the basement, to see if there are people trapped or more bodies."
9. Various of firefighter removing window frame from damaged building
10. Wide of police helicopter at scene
11. Wide of federal police running toward Pemex building
12. Mid of Pemex workers and emergency responders outside building
13. Zoom in on federal police outside building
STORYLINE
An explosion at the office headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company in the capital killed 14 people and injured 100 on Thursday.
It heavily damaged three floors of a building, sending hundreds into the streets and a large plume of smoke over the Mexico City skyline.
Another 30 people were reported trapped in the debris late on Thursday, as soldiers with rescue dogs, trucks with mounted lights and a Pemex crane were brought in to extract victims.
Many people were outside having lunch when the explosion occurred about 3:45 p.m. local time (2145 GMT) in a basement parking garage next to the iconic, 51-storey tower of Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, one of the tallest buildings in Mexico City.
"Mexico's government regrets this tragedy here in Pemex, in the Pemex towers. This was due to an explosion, the cause of which we haven't been able to identify yet," said Miguel Angel Osorio, Interior Minister.
Pemex first said it had evacuated the building because of a problem with the electrical system.
The company later tweeted that the Attorney General's Office was investigating the explosion and any reports of a cause were speculation.
The tower, where several thousand people work, was evacuated following the blast but not damaged, according to witnesses.
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