At least 30 people have been injured after a tanker caught fire near a gas pipeline in Tabasco, Mexico, according to local media reports.

A stolen fuel tank reportedly exploded near a pipeline owned by Mexico’s Pemex petrol company in Cardenas, Tabasco, the company confirmed on Twitter.

The state’s health department told newspaper El Universal that 30 people had been injured.

The fire occurred near a village in a rural area, the company tweeted.

It was stopped before it affected the pipeline duct, which prevented an explosion.

Authorities and Pemex staff are working to contain the incident, and no Pemex workers were injured, the company said.