11 dead, many injured in Mexican religious fireworks explosion

MEXICO. March 16. KAZINFORM. A truck carrying fireworks to a religious procession exploded Friday in the central Mexican city of Nativitas, killing at least 11 people and injuring 70 others, a Tlaxcala state official told CNN affiliate FOROtv.

State-run Notimex confirmed the deaths of nine worshippers and added "an unknown number" were injured.

The explosion occurred when one of the fireworks went astray and landed in the truck carrying "a significant amount" of other fireworks, Notimex said.

The injured persons were being taken to several area hospitals, Mateo Morales Baez told Notimex.

Source: CNN