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On December 12, 1988, an explosion and subsequent fire triggered by illegal fireworks at the La Merced Market in La Merced, a neighborhood of Mexico City, killed more than 60 people. The explosion took place at about 14:30 local time, in an alley next to the main market. El País reported that the fire began when a gas cylinder used by a street food vendor exploded. According to one witness, a single crate of fireworks initially exploded, which triggered a chain reaction of more exploding firework crates. The fireworks immediately sparked a fire that spread to several nearby buildings containing shops and apartments, as well as almost 300 stalls in the marketplace. Fires continued for most of the rest of the day.

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rdfs:label	Mexico City fireworks disaster (en)
rdfs:comment	On December 12, 1988, an explosion and subsequent fire triggered by illegal fireworks at the La Merced Market in La Merced, a neighborhood of Mexico City, killed more than 60 people. The explosion took place at about 14:30 local time, in an alley next to the main market. El País reported that the fire began when a gas cylinder used by a street food vendor exploded. According to one witness, a single crate of fireworks initially exploded, which triggered a chain reaction of more exploding firework crates. The fireworks immediately sparked a fire that spread to several nearby buildings containing shops and apartments, as well as almost 300 stalls in the marketplace. Fires continued for most of the rest of the day. (en)
dcterms:subject	December 1988 events in Mexico 1988 in Mexico 1988 disasters in Mexico 1988 fires in North America Explosions in 1988 Fireworks accidents and incidents Fires in Mexico Illegal fireworks operations
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Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/12/world/at-least-52-killed-in-mexico-city-in-fireworks-explosion-and-blaze.html%7Ctitle=At
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deaths	At least 62 (en)
date	1988-12-12 (xsd:date)
injuries	Up to 83 (en)
place	Mexico City, Mexico (en)
time	870.0 (second)
title	Mexico City fireworks disaster (en)
type	Fireworks disaster (en)
venue	La Merced Market
has abstract	On December 12, 1988, an explosion and subsequent fire triggered by illegal fireworks at the La Merced Market in La Merced, a neighborhood of Mexico City, killed more than 60 people. The explosion took place at about 14:30 local time, in an alley next to the main market. El País reported that the fire began when a gas cylinder used by a street food vendor exploded. According to one witness, a single crate of fireworks initially exploded, which triggered a chain reaction of more exploding firework crates. The fireworks immediately sparked a fire that spread to several nearby buildings containing shops and apartments, as well as almost 300 stalls in the marketplace. Fires continued for most of the rest of the day. By nightfall on the 12th, 51 people had been confirmed dead by the Red Cross, with up to 83 injuries. By the 13th, the death toll had reached at least 60, with the fire department saying that 62 people had died and the police putting the number at 64. In response to the disaster, Mexico city mayor Manuel Camacho Solis ordered the sale and use of fireworks in the city to be made illegal; previously, vendors selling fireworks were required to have a permit, while their use was unregulated. Local reaction to the ban was skeptical, as residents said that illegal fireworks vendors frequently bribed local officials, who then ignored complaints about the situation. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of fireworks accidents and incidents Mexican handcrafted fireworks List of explosions December 1988 La Merced Market 2016 San Pablito Market fireworks explosion 2019 in Mexico
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