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Fireworks explosion kills 10, injures 64 in Temascalcingo

9/7/2026

Summary

Mexican Authorities Respond

Mexican authorities reported a fireworks explosion killed at least 10 people and injured 64 in Temascalcingo.
The blast occurred around 9 p.m. Saturday near the Nuestra Señora de la Luz church.
Stored fireworks detonated in a warehouse room, collapsing part of the church wall.
State emergency workers, medical personnel, federal authorities and the military established a joint command post.
The Mexico State Attorney General's Office opened an investigation into the cause.

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Organizers Burn Bull

Organizers burned a straw bull fitted with fireworks during the customary annual celebration in Santa Maria Canchesda.
The diocese of Atlacomulco issued a statement praying for victims, families and the injured.
Mexico’s earlier fireworks disasters killed 24 people in Tultepec in 2018 and 42 in a market explosion two years later.

History

Historical Context

Mexico’s recurring fireworks tragedies—from a 45-death Atlatlahucan blast in 1964, the 42-death San Pablito market explosion in 2016, to the 2018 Tultepec disaster—prompted President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to order federal seizures of illegal pyrotechnics, and the Mexico State Attorney General’s Office launched a joint probe with federal police, aiming to prevent another catastrophe.

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Mexican Authorities Respond

Mexican authorities reported a fireworks explosion killed at least 10 people and injured 64 in Temascalcingo.
The blast occurred around 9 p.m. Saturday near the Nuestra Señora de la Luz church.
Stored fireworks detonated in a warehouse room, collapsing part of the church wall.
State emergency workers, medical personnel, federal authorities and the military established a joint command post.
The Mexico State Attorney General's Office opened an investigation into the cause.

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