Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Massive explosion rips through fireworks market outside Mexico City, killing more than 37 people (Photos + Video)

An explosion has ripped through Mexico's best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital, leaving at least 37 people dead and 72 injured, including three minors



The blast occurred around 2:50 pm Tuesday, destroying the open-air San Pablito Market in Tultepec, which had 300 stalls


Footage shows a huge plume of smoke billowing in the sky with fireworks going off and exploding mid-air


Secondary explosions continued more than an hour afterwards, BNO News reported. Rescuers couldn't enter until the rockets were done exploding.


Some of the injured have burns on up to 90 per cent of their bodies. Some have other serious injuries. Officials and civilians were seen carrying away one of the injured while fireworks went off in the background

Firefighters and rescue workers walked through the scorched ground after the blast tore through San Pablito Market Tuesday
Residents combed through the ashes and the rubble after an explosion ripped through the open-air fireworks market
Footage shows a huge plume of smoke billowing in the sky while fireworks keep going off (pictured)

Firefighters and rescue workers removed debris from the scorched ground. The market had 300 stalls before the blast

San Pablito Market was reduced to smithereens by the explosion. It has official permission to sell pyrotechnic articles
San Pablito Market, which is officially authorized to sell fireworks, was reduced to little more than scorched earth by the blast
Rescuers carried severely burned victims out of the smoldering ruins of the fireworks market following the blast on Tuesday
Relatives knelt down in distress next to the body of one of the victims who died in the tragic conflagration Tuesday
One of the victims who died in the explosion was seen lying on the ground as relatives gathered around the body
The scene was one of utter destruction as policemen walked through the scorched ground of the San Pablito market
A man doused the embers amid the debris left by the huge blast. The explosion set off a series of quickfire earlier Tuesday
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