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At least 26 dead in Mexico fireworks market blast: official

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AFP Mexico City
A massive explosion that gutted Mexico's biggest fireworks market has left at least 26 dead, an official said.

"We recovered 26 bodies at the scene of the incident" in the Mexico City suburb of Tultepec, Mexico state prosecutor Alejandro Gomez told reporters at the site.

The conflagration, in the suburb of Tultepec, set off a quickfire series of multicolored blasts and a vast cloud of smoke that hung over Mexico City. Federal police said on Twitter that at least 70 people were injured.
 

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First Published: Dec 21 2016 | 6:34 AM IST

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