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Hermosillo Waldo’s Fire Toll Rises to 24 as 81-Year-Old Bagger Dies

State prosecutors are probing a suspected transformer failure and whether the store had working exits and extinguishers.

Overview

  • Governor Alfonso Durazo confirmed the death of Marcos Segundo, 81, who had been in intensive care with burns over 90% of his body at Clínica del Noroeste.
  • Health officials report most fatalities were caused by inhalation of toxic gases rather than burn trauma.
  • The Sonora prosecutor’s office is coordinating technical forensics with Protección Civil and the CFE to verify the cause and establish potential responsibilities.
  • Authorities list the dead as two girls, four boys, 12 women including a pregnant woman, and six men, with additional survivors still hospitalized.
  • Residents and students marched again in Hermosillo, presenting proposals for a safety law and a citizen observatory to report unsafe commercial spaces.