iStock/Thinkstock(MEXICO CITY) — At least 32 people were killed and more than 70 people injured after an explosion at a fireworks market in Mexico Tuesday, according to the governor of the state of Mexico.
The explosion in Tultepec was confirmed in an earlier tweet by Luis Felipe Puente, the National Coordinator for Civil Protection.
Al momento reportan 60 personas lesionadas por #Explosiòn en Mercado Santiaguito, Tultepec EdoMéx, cuerpos de emergencia laboran en el lugar
— Luis Felipe Puente (@LUISFELIPE_P) December 20, 2016
Dramatic video posted to Facebook shows clouds of thick smoke billowing from the market as several fireworks appear to go off at once.
Further details on the explosion were not immediately available.
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