Latest News

    • Home
    • Global
    • Mexico fireworks market blast kills at least 29, scores hurt
    Mexico fireworks market blast kills at least 29, scores hurt
    Wednesday, December 21, 2016 IST
    Mexico fireworks market blast kills at least 29, scores hurt

    Mexico fireworks market blast kills at least 29, scores hurt

    Tultepec: At least 29 people died in a massive explosion at a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital on Tuesday.
    The blast at the San Pablito fireworks market in Tultepec, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Mexico City, also injured at least 70 others, according to a tweet from federal police.
     
    The market had been packed with customers buying pyrotechnics for traditional end-of-year festivities.
     
    Christmas and New Year`s parties in many Latin American countries often wrap up with clattering firework blasts.
     
    Aerial footage showed charred stalls and destroyed buildings.
     
    Television images showed a flurry of pyrotechnics exploding into the early afternoon sky as a giant plume of smoke rose above the market. Fireworks detonated in a peal of clattering bursts reminiscent of a war zone, as per Reuters.
     
    The technicolor blast was the third such explosion in just over a decade to hit the popular San Pablito marketplace.
     
    "We recovered 26 bodies at the scene of the incident. And three more have died in the hospital, for a total of 29 dead," Mexico state`s governor Eruviel Avila said, as per AFP.
     
    Fire crews struggled for three hours before bringing the blaze under control.The head of the civil protection service, Luis Felipe Puente, said crews had to wait for all the fireworks to finish exploding before they could extinguish the flames.
     
    "The entire market is gone," he said.
     
    Homes and vehicles nearby were also severely damaged. In some areas, authorities were gently probing for survivors under heaps of charred and twisted roofing material.
     
    Over 80 percent of the 300 stalls at the market were destroyed by the explosion, said state official Jose Manzur.
     
    Local media reported there were 300 tonnes of fireworks at the market at the time of the explosion.
     
    "I offer my condolences to the relatives of those who lost their lives in this accident and my wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured," President Enrique Pena Nieto said in a tweet.
     
    Pena Nieto is the former governor of the State of Mexico, the country`s largest which surrounds the capital.
     
    The cause of the blast was under investigation. Some speculated it could have been mishandling of gunpowder or other fireworks components.

     
     
     
     
     

    Related Topics

     
     
     

    Trending News & Articles

     Article
    'Worse than prison': A rare look inside China's detention camps to 'brainwash' Muslims

    ALMATY: Hour upon hour, day upon day, Omir Bekali and other detainees in far western China's new indoctrination camps had to disavow the...

    Recently posted . 199K views . 1 min read
     

     Article
    What The Shape Of Your Belly Button Says About Your Health

    If you have payed attention to the belly buttons of people on the beach or the members of your family, you have probably noticed that they have different shapes and...

    Recently posted . 8K views . 2 min read
     

     Article
    Top 10 Best Gym Equipment Brands in India 2018

    Body fitness is one thing that everyone wants to maintain irrespective of age. Going to the gym and doing some great exercise always helps to maintain your body fit...

    Recently posted . 3K views . 2 min read
     

     Article
    Top 10 Horrifying Acts of Chemical Warfare and Gas Attacks

    In this age of terror, there might be nothing more terrifying than the thought of an attack carried out with chemical weapons. We’ve all heard the horrific ...

    Recently posted . 3K views . 4 min read
     

     
     

    More in Global

     Article
    Donald Trump's merit-based immigration system may benefit Indians

    US President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed for a merit-based immigration system that could benefit high-tech professionals from countries like India. ...

    Recently posted. 782 views . 17 min read
     

     Article
    Truth behind accidentally breaking of glass or mirror

    Breaking of a glass accidentally reflects to the release of Evil or negative, they say Panoti ( bad luck is gone) gaya.  

    Recently posted. 617 views . 1 min read
     

     Article
    NASA asteroid alert: 3,248 feet city-killer space rock dangerously heading towards Earth on THIS date, may hit

    NASA says asteroid identified as 1998 HL1 is approaching towards the Earth at a staggering speed of 25,000 miles per hour. A 3,248 feet space rock can easily wipe o...

    Recently posted. 557 views . 2 min read
     

     Reviews
    Leaseweb hosting review



    Recently posted . 1K views . 67 min read
     

     Article
    This school has introduced a home economics class where boys learn to wash, iron, and cook

    Once generations of young people learned to tidy up and keep their room in order when they were called to do their military service.

    Recently posted. 656 views . 0 min read
     

     Article
    First Ever Ultra HD Image of Sun Reveals 500km-Long Plasma Threads in Solar Atmosphere

    This is the closest ever image of the Sun, and finally reveals that sun spots, which were so far thought to be dark and empty, are actually rather violent. ...

    Recently posted. 511 views . 1 min read
     

     
     
     

       Prashnavali

      Thought of the Day

    "गलतियाँ जीवन का एक हिस्सा है पर इन्हें स्वीकार करने का साहस बहुत कम लोगों में होता है।"
    Anonymous

    Be the first one to comment on this story

    Close
    Post Comment
    Shibu Chandran
    2 hours ago

    Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

    November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
    Shibu Chandran
    2 hours ago

    Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

    November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
    Shibu Chandran
    2 hours ago

    Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

    November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
    Shibu Chandran
    2 hours ago

    Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

    November 28, 2016 05:00 IST


    ads
    Back To Top