This is not Aleppo, Syria. It is the San Pablito fireworks market in Tultepec, Mexico, near Mexico City.
People were killed:
Mexico City, Dec 21 (IANS) At least 26 people were killed in a fireworks market explosion near Mexico City, an official said.More recent reports state the death toll is "at least 29."
Mexico State Prosecutor Alejandro Gomez raised the toll of the Tuesday's blast from the previous nine deaths, Xinhua news agency reported citing a local television.
Earlier on Tuesday, Mexican federal police said on Twitter that at least nine persons were killed in an explosion Tuesday at the San Pablito fireworks market in Tultepec, a town close to the capital Mexico City.
At least 60 people were initially reported by Luis Felipe Puente, director of Civil Protection, to have been injured in the blast.
Firefighters and rescue teams from the state and capital converged at the site following the blast.
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