This is the frightening moment residents stealing gasoline were caught on fire when a pipeline exploded in Mexico.

Scores of people, including minors, were spotted on a video frantically running for help as their bodies were completely engulfed in flames in an alfalfa field in the central state of Hidalgo last Friday.

The explosion occurred after hundreds of people people crowded in to collect gasoline gushing from a pipeline that had been ruptured by suspected fuel thieves.

As of Wednesday, Mexican newspaper El Universal reported 98 deaths due to the horrific accident.

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Residents illegally seeking gasoline were set on fire following a pipeline explosion in Hidalgo, Mexico, last Friday which has left over 90 dead

People prepare to bury a person who died in the gas pipeline explosion, in the village of Tlahuelilpan. However, the town mayor had to enter into land swap deal with the owner of a tulips field after the local cemetery reached its capacity

Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer said Wednesday that 44 victims who were severely burned were still in hospitals, two of them in Galveston, Texas. Some are in very poor condition.

According to Mexican news outlet El Independiente de Hidalgo, two people passed away Wednesday and two others on Tuesday.

A hospital in nearby Pachucha received two patients this week, including a 17-year-old boy.

Dr. Francisco Chong Barreiro believes more victims could be receiving treatment but many are not coming forward due to fears of legal actions from the law enforcement authorities.

'The burns are the most complex to treat. Organs and tissues are adversely affected. Even the smoke they breathed,' said Chong Barreiro, while adding that those in poor conditions have been transferred to the National Burn Center unit.

'They have been sedated, intubated. Since they arrived they were taken to the operating room to wash their wounds and apply special ointments.'

The victims were gathering gasoline from a pipeline tap when the gas ignited, littering the field with charred bodies.

Many people suffered severe burns. About one-third of those who initially survived have since died of their injuries.

Residents have gathered in groups to search for the remains of their missing loved ones

A woman cries during the funeral of a person who died when a gas pipeline exploded in the village of Tlahuelilpan

The town certainly has been unprepared to deal with such a high death toll after its local cemetery ran out of space to bury the victims.

Mayor Juan Pedro Cruz was able to reach an agreement with the owner of a tulips field in a land swap.

A total of 14,894 illegal taps were found throughout Mexico in 2018.