MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A large fire in the center of Mexico City sent a giant black plume of smoke into the sky on Thursday afternoon, prompting authorities to initiate evacuations in the immediate vicinity as firefighters battled to get the blaze under control.
Flames were visible from several kilometers away hours after the pillar of smoke began rising.
Local media reported that the fire started in a warehouse near the city’s historic center, in the Tepito district.
Mexico City civil protection authorities said on social media platform X that there were no immediate reports of casualties, and that hundreds of people had been evacuated.
(Reporting by Mexico City Newsroom, editing by Deepa Babington)
