Overview
- State officials reported 23 dead and 11 hospitalized, with children among the victims.
- The forensic service found most fatalities were due to toxic gas inhalation, the state attorney general said.
- Public security authorities ruled out an attack, and prosecutors are examining a possible internal transformer failure.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum directed federal support teams, while the Sonora Red Cross deployed 40 staff and 10 ambulances for hospital transfers.
- The blaze ripped through a Waldo’s outlet in downtown Hermosillo during Day of the Dead weekend, as victim identification and investigative work continue.