Fireworks blast kills 5, injures 8 at home near Mexico City
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mexican authorities say five people have been killed and eight injured by an explosion at a home where fireworks were being stored.
The blast happened Wednesday morning in Tultepec, just north of Mexico City.
The Mexico State government said in a statement that the bodies of two men and one woman were found on a patio at the home. A woman died on the way to the hospital, and another died while being treated at the facility.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Four of the injured are children.
The explosion also damaged or destroyed 23 neighboring homes plus a dozen cars.
Many in Tultepec make a living fabricating and selling homemade fireworks, and explosions there are a semi-regular occurrence.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In 2016 a massive chain-reaction blast ripped through an open-air fireworks market, killing several dozen people.