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When thieves blocked a fuel line in the city of Tlahuelilpan in Mexico on Friday, a gasoline jet began to spring.
But 700 locals rushed to the scene to refuel. People said that the atmosphere was a party.
The resorts in the area were fuel-free and the locals needed gas for their cars.
However, two hours later, the escape caused a huge explosion and at least 79 people died.
Mexico is a major fuel producer. How come people literally die for fuel?
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Although most of the public support of government measures against theft, they led to supply problems in the states from central Mexico – and that cause problems all over the country.
The government's new policy aims to fight against criminals known as huachicoleros. In recent years, they have started stealing oil from transportation pipelines and selling the product on the black market.
Some liters of fuel are worth more than a day's work for the Mexican minimum wage.
According to the Associated Press, gangs have carried out more than 12,500 illegal diversions of fuels in the first 10 months of 2018.
Authorities estimate that robbery costs Mexico $ 3 billion $ 11.3 billion a year.
The newly elected president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has promised to end the theft of fuel.
He announced last month a new policy to close the transmission lines until they can be properly protected.
Mexican state oil company Pemex says there is "no fuel shortage" in Mexico, but admits it has had delivery problems.
"Let's not go back in our fight against fuel theft, a crime that harms the national economy and affects every Mexican directly in the pocket," the company said in a statement.
President López Obrador also said that the problems were only a distribution problem.
"Although it hurts a lot, we must continue the plan to stop the theft of gasoline," he said Friday after the blast.
How were people affected?
People have faced huge queues in the capital, Mexico City, and around central states.
Actress and singer Lorena Marcela Vignau Caballero, who lives in the capital, told the BBC that the offer had become a "chaos" when the government project began.
"I panicked and filled the tank the day they closed the pipes," she said, lining up at dawn to stock up.
Traffic was worse than normal in the city, people rushing to refuel.
"It was crazy," she says. "Since then, we have been trying so hard to do things on foot and not using the car unless it's really necessary."
Mexican Mayra Cisneros Omaña told the BBC that her mother was unable to attend her grandmother's funeral in Guanajuato because she could not get gasoline.
A few days earlier, her mother stayed in the queue for 10 hours to return home after visiting Cancun.
"She paid a snack for a taxi driver in single file because he had to push his car all the time," she said.
"He did not have a dime because he had not been able to work for days."
And what is the reaction of the public?
Research shows that the public, for the most part, supports the President's measures despite supply problems.
But in the affected states, demonstrations took place.
The hashtag #DayHayGasolina (where the essence ?, in Spanish) is one of the most used on Twitter in the country in recent days because Mexicans are looking for sources of supply.
Mexicans also made jokes and created memes on social networks. One of them compares the country to the movie Mad Max, in which gangs are fighting over the fuel and resources needed in a future dystopian desert.
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Gas stations also made political jokes with the situation.
A Twitter user posted the picture of a poster where it says: "Do not blame us, you voted for AMLO (name of president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador)".
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The musicians performed in front of a row of consumers in the central state of Michoacán.
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