Watch: Mexico fireworks market blasts kill at least 29, injures dozens

The death toll in an explosion at Mexico's best-known fireworks market has risen to 29, the chief prosecutor for Mexico State has said.

At least 70 people were injured in the blast at the open-air San Pablito Market in Tultepec, in the State of Mexico.
The explosion ripped through the market on the northern outskirts of the capital on Tuesday afternoon as it was crowded with shoppers buying fireworks for the holidays, sending a huge plume of smoke billowing into the sky.
Chief prosecutor Alejandro Gomez raised the death toll from the nine that had been previously announced, in comments broadcast on local television.

"My condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this accident and my wishes for a quick recovery for the injured," said President Enrique Pena Nieto.
Sirens wailed and a heavy scent of gunpowder lingered in the air after the blast at the market, where most of the fireworks stalls were destroyed.
The smoking, burned-out shells of vehicles ringed the perimeter, and first responders and local residents wearing blue masks over their mouths combed through the rubble and ash. Firefighters hosed down still-smouldering hotspots.

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