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This
image made from video recorded from a passing car shows an explosion ripping
through the San Pablito fireworks' market in Tultepec, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec.
20, 2016. Sirens wailed and a heavy scent of gunpowder lingered in the air
after the afternoon blast at the market, where most of the fireworks stalls
were completely leveled. According to the Mexico state prosecutor there are at
least 26 dead. (Jose Luis Tolentino via AP)
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A powerful chain-reaction
explosion ripped through Mexico's best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts
of the capital Tuesday, killing at least 29 people, injuring scores more and
sending a huge plume of charcoal-gray smoke billowing into the sky.
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Firefighters
and rescue workers walk through the scorched ground of Mexico's best-known
fireworks market after an explosion ripped through it, in Tultepec, Mexico,
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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