Liana Riani Ramli
Daily Journal
May 10th, 2017
An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Mexico has killed at least 14 people, all but three of them children, in a poor Mexican village as it celebrated a religious festival. The blast occurred Monday night in a rural area of central Puebla state, Diodoro Carrasco, a senior official in the state government, told the radio station Cinco Radio. He said as many as 11 of the fatalities might be minors. The explosion in the village of San Isidro, 170 miles (270 km) east of Mexico City, came during preparations for a religious festival on 15 May, the state government said. It said the fireworks had been stored inside a home behind a church ahead of a May 15 religious celebration, and the firecracker that set off the explosion was launched by someone outside. The home was destroyed. Eleven of those killed “were minors aged between four and 15”, the statement said. Nine people were killed on the spot and five others died later in hospital. The explosion left 22 people injured, including three children who were in serious condition, an official in the state governor’s office, Javier Lozano, told reporters. Army troops and government officials cordoned off the blast site as ambulances rush in to collect the wounded. The state governor, Antonio Gali Fayad, who plans to visit the scene of the accident, expressed his condolences overnight Monday as the scope of the tragedy became clear. Accidents involving the manufacture of fireworks are common in Mexico.
Source:
https://www.google.co.id/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/09/mexico-fireworks-explosion-puebla
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