Mexico explosion: At least 14 dead after blast at Puebla fireworks factory

The blast occurred near the city of Puebla in southern Mexico
Rex
Tom Powell9 May 2017

At least 14 people have died in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Mexico, officials said.

The blast occurred in a building in the Chilchotla region where fireworks were being stored in preparation for the municipal festival on May 15.

Local reports said that a further 22 people were injured in the explosion in the town of Puebla.

Diódoro Carrasco, general secretary of the government of Puebla, told Cinco Radio: “Some of the injured were transferred to the capital Puebla during the night and dawn, at the moment there are 14 dead and 22 injured.”

It comes just months after more than 30 people were killed in an explosion at a fireworks market near Mexico City.

More than 70 other people, including many children, were injured and burned in the blast at the San Pablito market in December.

Photos from after the explosion show emergency services scouring the scorched remains of the market.

The Mexican president, Enrique Pena Nieto, offered condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and wish a speedy recovery to the injured.

The same market was hit by smaller fires in 2005 which injured dozens of people.

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