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Two Mexican workers were also killed in the blast Sunday morning at the room Grand Riviera Princess Hotel in the tourist region known as the Mayan Riviera, said Francisco Alor, attorney general of Quintana Roo state. Eight other Canadians were injured, including two who are listed in critical condition. Ten other people, including two U. Local officials said the Canadian dead are a woman and four males: a nine-year-old boy, a year-old man and two other men between 25 and 30 years of age.

Relatives identified the woman as Darlene Ferguson, 52, from Ardrossan, Alta. She was walking with her grandson to the beach just before breakfast when the explosion happened, according to her brother, Barry Hoffman, whom CBC reached at his office in Sherwood Park. Her grandson was injured and is in hospital. Eight Canadians were also injured, including two listed in critical condition.

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New Delta variant mutations monitored in B. Couple gets engaged in the rain. Rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver. Editor's Picks. Editor's Note: Are you there? If you witnessed the explosion, send your photos and video to CNN iReport. CNN -- Six people, including one minor, were killed Sunday in a natural gas explosion at a resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, authorities and state media reported.

Another 15 or so were injured, according to the local attorney general's office, with the injured including employees of the hotel and tourists from Canada and the United States. The U. Mexican daily newspaper Reforma said the inconsistencies included undocumented gas lines. Then on Dec.

The line had apparently been damaged and leaked prior to the explosion, said Attorney General Francisco Alor, who represents Quintana Roo state where the hotel was located. The Grand Riviera Princess Hotel blast is one of a series of recent incidents involving Canadian travellers to Mexico. But reports of murder, rape and violence against tourists in Mexico, as well as drug-related violence along the U. Industry experts say tourism has doubled to the area in the past few years, and the strong Canadian dollar continues to attract bargain-hunting tourists to the area.

There's a lot of development happening in Mexico and when you get new resorts you get introductory rates. Chapman said the public and the media need to keep in perspective the small number of incidents that happen and the more than one million Canadians who visit each year.

The Canadian government is warning people to avoid northern Mexico, the region hardest hit by the drug wars. For tourist regions around Cancun, Ottawa advises a high degree of caution.