Explosion at Mexico fireworks depot kills at least 14
 

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/up...5146_print.gif MEXICO CITY: At least 14 people were killed, including five children, and scores more were injured in an explosion at a house where fireworks were stored in central Mexico’s Puebla state, authorities said on Tuesday.

The blast occurred on Monday night in San Isidro, Chilchotla, during preparations for a local festival next week.

"A group of people lived in the house where the pyrotechnic material was stored for use in the festivities.

A firework launched by someone outside the house fell on top of the fireworks, causing the explosion that k**cked down the home," the government of Puebla said in a statement.

Nine people were killed on the spot and five more died after being taken to nearby hospitals.

Earlier, 30 people were reported injured.

A senior official in the Puebla state government, Diodoro Carrasco, told a local radio station that despite state laws on storing fireworks it was difficult to prevent these types of accidents.

A ****** of massive explosions destroyed a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital in December, killing at least 35 people, injuring dozens and leaving the market a charred wasteland.

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