At least 26 dead in Mexico fireworks market blast: official

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People search amid the debris left by a huge blast that occured in a fireworks market in Mexico City, on December 20, 2016 killing at least 26 people and injuring scores. The conflagration, in the suburb of Tultepec, set off a quickfire series of multicolored blasts and a vast amount of smoke that hung over Mexico City. / AFP PHOTO / RONALDO SCHEMIDT
People search amid the debris left by a huge blast that occurred in a fireworks market in Mexico City, on December 20, 2016 killing at least 26 people and injuring scores.
The conflagration, in the suburb of Tultepec, set off a quickfire series of multicolored blasts and a vast amount of smoke that hung over Mexico City. / AFP PHOTO / 

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A massive explosion that gutted Mexico’s biggest fireworks market on Tuesday 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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