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One Killed, Several Injured in Explosion at Clandestine Fireworks Workshop in Huixquilucan

Authorities say the site lacked SEDENA permits, prompting an investigation into the cause with the area secured.

Overview

  • Officials confirmed one fatality and multiple injuries after the blast at a pyrotechnics site in the La Viga–El Hielo area along the NaucalpanToluca highway.
  • State and municipal responders, including Protección Civil, SUEM, Cruz Roja and local fire crews, contained the scene and evacuated the wounded.
  • Two patients were airlifted by Grupo Relámpagos to Centro Médico Lic. Adolfo López Mateos in Toluca, while others were taken to the IMSS trauma hospital in Lomas Verdes.
  • Authorities identified the deceased as Reyes Álvarez Ramírez; the injured include Juan Carlos Ramírez Sánchez (42), Alfredo Vázquez Ramírez (22), Alan Ramírez Carreño (18), Martín Antonio Garduño (19) and Juan Carlos Ramírez de Jesús (20).
  • Municipal and state officials describe the workshop as operating without required SEDENA permits, with the site cordoned off and the cause under review, while some reports differ on whether five or six people were injured.