Overview
- The governor of Sonora set the official toll at 23 dead and 12 injured, with patients treated across city hospitals and minors among the victims.
- The state prosecutor’s office said its working hypothesis centers on an in-store transformer and characterized the event as accidental, with forensic entry pending until the site is fully secured.
- Sonora’s public security chief publicly ruled out that the incident was an attack or violence directed at civilians.
- The prosecutor reported most deaths resulted from inhalation of toxic gases, and identification work for the deceased is underway.
- The Mexican Red Cross deployed 22 responders with eight ambulances as firefighters contained the blaze, while state and federal authorities mobilized assistance and local Day of the Dead events were suspended.