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Deaths, dozens hurt in Mexico fireworks market blast

MEXICO CITY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): An explosion ripped
through a fireworks market in Mexico’s capital on Tuesday, killing an unknown number of people and injuring 60, the head of the civil protection service said.
The incident in the suburb of Tultepec set off a quickfire sequence
of multicolored blasts and a vast amount of smoke.
It left “people dead, but there’s no official figure” yet, Luis
Felipe Puente said on national television.