Gas tanker truck explodes near Mexico City

Firefighters work as a house burns after a gas tanker truck exploded on the highway in front of the house in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec, early Tuesday.  (Gabriela Sanchez / Associated Press)

Firefighters remove a body from a home that was destroyed when a gas tanker truck exploded on a nearby highway in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec early Tuesday.  (Gabriela Sanchez / Associated Press)

A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire in a house next to a highway in Ecatepec.  (Victor Rojas / AFP/Getty Images)

A firefighter carries puppies and a hen rescued from a house destroyed by the blast caused by a gas tanker that blew up in Ecatepec.  (Yuri Cortez / AFP/Getty Images)

Residents look out the window of a home that was damaged when a gas tanker truck exploded on a nearby highway in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec.  (Gabriela Sanchez / Associated Press)

People stay outside their ruined houses in Ecatepec after a gas tanker exploded in the Mexico City suburb on Tuesday.  (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP/Getty Images)