Six people are reported dead after an explosion at a resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, and there are unconfirmed reports that three of them may be Canadians.
As many as 15 people were hurt after an apparent gas explosion Sunday in the boiler area of the Grand Riviera Princess Hotel in the tourist region known as the Mayan Riviera.
News that Canadians may be among the victims comes from Quintana Roo state Attorney General Francisco Alor.
Canadian consular officials are at a local hospital where at least some of the injured were taken.
Earlier reports said more than 60 Canadians were guests of the hotel.
The Mexican news agency SIPSE said a gas tank exploded and that several employees suffered burns.
Pete Travers is staying at the hotel with a group of Canadians from Waterloo, Ont. Travers, news director of 570 News Radio in Kitchener, Ont., said he heard a very loud crash and rushed out of his room to find the glass windows of a hotel restaurant had been blown out.
Travers said he heard the blast was a gas explosion, but hotel staff have not made any official announcements yet.
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