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A fireworks blast during a village festival in Santa Maria Canchesda, central Mexico, killed at least 10 people and injured over 60 on September 5. The accident occurred when fireworks stored inside a church detonated as people were celebrating outside the church, which was hosting a ritual involving a straw bull with fireworks. Video footage shows the massive explosion causing widespread destruction and panic in the town square. According to reports, some people were trapped under debris from fallen buildings.

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At least 10 people were killed and over 60 others injured when fireworks detonated during a village festival in central Mexico. The explosion occurred on Saturday night near the Nuestra Senora de la Luz church in Temascalcingo, a municipality with 66,000 residents, located about 160 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of Mexico City. The incident happened as hundreds of people were preparing to watch a fireworks display that was part of a religious festival. A video showed revellers carrying a bull made of straw, with fireworks spouting out of the effigy, when the blast occurred. Two priests were among those injured, according to a local bishop. The cause of the explosion has not been determined and an investigation has been opened by the Mexico State Attorney General's Office.

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Video broadcast by news outlets showed the huge blast came as people stood outside the church celebrating and enacting a ritual in which a bull made of straw and fitted with fireworks is burned and carried around town.

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Fireworks blast in Mexico kills at least 10 · assertive framing

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Fireworks blast in Mexico kills at least 10 MEXICO CITY – asserted

blast → kill → 10

Fireworks stored inside a church in Mexico detonated during a village festival, killing at least 10 people, official said Sept 6. asserted

official → store → people

More than 60 were injured in the accident on the night of Sept 5 in the town of Santa Maria Canchesda in central Mexico, the local government said. asserted

government → injure → Mexico

bull → broadcast → town

The explosion knocked down walls of buildings and ignited a fire in the town square, prompting people to flee in panic, the video showed. asserted

video → knock → panic

Some people were trapped under the debris of fallen buildings, news reports said. asserted

reports → trap → buildings