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The Civil Defense Department of the State of Queretaro reported Tuesday (11) that six people had been killed and 55 wounded during an explosion of fireworks near the town. a chapel preparing Christmas, in the municipality of Tequisquiapan.
According to the coordinator of the service, Gabriel Bastarrachea, among the dead, are two minors. In an interview with the channel "Milenio Televisión", he also said that eight wounded were in serious condition.
Authorities are investigating the case to determine the cause of the blast, and Tequisquiapan mayor Jose Antonio Mejía said that fireworks would be more and more supervised, because it can not be allowed "that certain religious entities exceed the quantities (of fireworks) freely".
The region remains isolated, but there is no more risk of detonation, according to the civil protection service.
The most serious incident of recent years occurred in December 2016. At that time, an explosion of fireworks on a market town of Tultepec killed 42 people .
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