MEXICO CITY: A gas truck explosion demolished a maternity hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens while mothers grabbed their babies as the ceiling collapsed.

Hundreds of rescuers, some with dogs, scoured the rubble of the Maternity and Children's Hospital in the Cuajimalpa borough after the huge blast, though officials were hopeful that nobody remained trapped.

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