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A series of massive, Technicolor explosions destroyed a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people, injuring dozens and leaving the market a charred wasteland.
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.
It was the third time in just over a decade that explosions have hit the popular San Pablito marketplace in Tultepec, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Mexico City. The detonations struck in the run-up to the busy Christmas holiday, when many Mexicans stock up on fireworks.
26 Dead, 70 Injured In Explosion At Fireworks Market In Mexico City pic.twitter.com/TEJWTlzkSD"People were crying everywhere and desperately running in all directions," said 20-year-old witness Cesar Carmona.
- She Wants Da Chorizo (@ShiWantsTheC) December 21, 2016
Technicolor blasts destroy fireworks market, killing 29
Scores injured and market destroyed
Third time in a decade popular market hit by blasts
"People were crying and desperately running in all directions"
#BREAKINGNEWS 60 injured as explosion rips through open-air fireworks market in Tultepec, Mexico https://t.co/z46VBltkOt pic.twitter.com/c0972MXjuqThe head of a local pyrotechnics association told online publication Animal Politico last week that the fireworks market was the safest in Latin America, featuring "perfectly designed stalls" that could prevent any chain reaction in the event of a spark.
- ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) December 20, 2016
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