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Mexico Fireworks Blast Leaves at Least 29 Dead
Mexican officials say more than 70 injured in third fireworks explosion at market in 11 years
TULTEPEC, MexicoPowerful blasts ripped through a sprawling fireworks market outside Mexico City on Tuesday, killing at least 29 people and injuring scores more, the third time in 11 years that the market has been destroyed by such explosions.
Mexico State Gov. Eruviel Ávila said 26 people died at the scene, three others died later in hospitals and more than 70 were injured in the midafternoon explosion, which tore through hundreds of small stalls selling artisanal fireworks in the San Pablito market in the city of Tultepec, just north of the Mexican capital.
[video=youtube;Y6V5MmQMhD4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6V5MmQMhD4[/video]
Mexican officials say more than 70 injured in third fireworks explosion at market in 11 years
TULTEPEC, MexicoPowerful blasts ripped through a sprawling fireworks market outside Mexico City on Tuesday, killing at least 29 people and injuring scores more, the third time in 11 years that the market has been destroyed by such explosions.
Mexico State Gov. Eruviel Ávila said 26 people died at the scene, three others died later in hospitals and more than 70 were injured in the midafternoon explosion, which tore through hundreds of small stalls selling artisanal fireworks in the San Pablito market in the city of Tultepec, just north of the Mexican capital.
[video=youtube;Y6V5MmQMhD4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6V5MmQMhD4[/video]
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