Explosion at Mexican fireworks market... Mexico fireworks market blast kills at least 27, hurts scores Tue Dec 20, 2016 | At least 27 people died and at least 70 were injured in an explosion at a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital on Tuesday, local authorities said. See also: Explosion at Mexico fireworks market kills at least 9 Dec. 20, 2016 -- At least nine people were killed and dozens more were hurt Tuesday when an explosion went off at a fireworks market in central Mexico.
Aftermath of deadly fireworks explosion... Mexicans seek loved ones, answers in deadly fireworks blast Dec 21,`16 -- Relatives of workers at a fireworks market flattened by a deadly chain-reaction explosion searched hospitals for loved ones Wednesday as attention focused on apparent lax security that allowed vendors to display their dangerous wares in the passageways between stalls.
They are lucky the death toll was so low. The family of a friend growing up sort of ran a fireworks manufacturing company. They put on fireworks shows all over the country and manufactured their shells and such themselves. They had a bunch of different buildings with a lot of space between them for this so that if one of them blew themselves up, they wouldn't be blowing up three generations of the family at once. After they sold the business, there was an explosion that killed several people as the new owners were not so vigilante about scattering production operators so far apart as the family had been.
Extortion may be behind fireworks market explosion... Mexico to rebuild fireworks market; extortion a possible cause for explosions Dec. 23, 2016 -- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said his government will help rebuild the San Pablito fireworks market after a series of explosions killed at least 35 people.
