Fireworks explosion kills 17, injures 31 near Mexico City

[Devil Child]

Source: CNBC

Mexican authorities say 17 people have been killed and 31 injured after two explosions ripped through fireworks workshops in a city just north of the capital.

A statement from the Mexico State government says the dead include four firefighters and two police officers who rushed to the scene in Tultepec after the first explosion Thursday, only to be killed by the second blast.

The statement gave a death toll of 16, and the state security department raised that to 17 via Twitter.

Many residents in Tultepec make a living fabricating and selling homemade fireworks, and explosions are a regular occurrence there.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/05/fireworks-explosion-kills-17-injures-31-near-mexico-city.html

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Short article, Rest in Peace to the killed and speedy recovery to the injured.

[braddy]

1. December 2016, at least 36 people were killed and 59 were injured when fireworks exploded there.

"In (at least) 8 explosion accidents in the years 1997, 1998, 1999, (15 September) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2012 a total of 20 persons have died before."

[Blue_Tires]

3. Jesus Fuckin' Christ...

I think Uncle Chuck might be trying to tell them something??

[shanti]

2. pbs has a documentary about this town, Tultepec

and its inhabitants, who make fireworks. well worth watching!

[Eugene]

4. BBC: Mexico fireworks: Tultepec warehouse blasts kills 24

Source: BBC

Mexico fireworks: Tultepec warehouse blasts kills 24

A series of explosions at a fireworks depot in Mexico has killed at least 24 people and injured about 40 others.

The biggest blasts took place as police and fire fighters arrived at the scene in the town of Tultepec. Emergency workers are among the casualties.

Video on social media shows a huge cloud of smoke over the site in Tultepec.

The town, about 30km (20 miles) from Mexico City, is known as the country's pyrotechnic capital.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44731778