Mexiko / Mexico
2010
Chilpancingo,
State of Guerrero. Two university instructors in southern Mexico have been
injured after a local version of spring break got out of hand. The two suffered
non-life-threatening burns after a lit cigarette inadvertently detonated
fireworks intended for a book burning at the Technological Institute. 5.3.2010
Source:
"2 injured in Mexican version of 'spring break'", 7.3.2010, http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1197064&lang=eng_news
2008
State
of Puebla/Central Mexico. A man and a woman were killed in an explosion at an
unlicensed fireworks warehouse. The victims could be the owners of the building
where rockets and other explosives usually set off at parties or celebrations
were stored, authorities told. 25.11.2008
Source:
"2 killed in Mexico fireworks warehouse fireball", 26.11.2008, http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=321434&CategoryId=14091
Toluca.
Pilgrims setting off bottle rockets as part of a religious procession apparently
ignited a cache of fireworks in one of their pickup trucks by a spark from a
bottle rocket, causing an explosion that killed the vehicle's driver (24). A
passenger (41) suffered first- and second-degree burns. 7.12.2008
Source:
"Fireworks blow up Mexican pickup, killing 1", 9.12.2008, http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h4bsVxyF8It7gXbSmWmXqR7rRvCAD94UNRL80
2007
Almoloya de Juarez. A 3-year-old child died when
two kg of gunpowder and other materials used to make fireworks exploded. Another
child was seriously injured.
Source: "Seven die in explosions, fires in Mexico", 29.12.2007, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/29/content_7334128.htm
2006
Ciudad Juarez. An explosion at a clandestine fireworks shop killed an
employee (29) of the shop and wounded 7 other people (an 8-year-old girl
included) as it blew out windows in a four-block area. Most of the victims were
in serious condition. The blast heavily damaged several homes. 10.5.2006
Source: "Fireworks explosion in Mexico kills 1", 10.5.2006, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1102AP_Mexico_Fireworks.html or http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-mexico-fireworks,1,7662540.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines
Mexico
City. A fire set off a chain of explosions at Mexico's most famous fireworks
market, destroying hundreds of open-air stands days before the country
celebrates its independence on Sept. 15.
The
blaze broke out shortly after dark and spread rapidly to more than 400 wood and
corrugated metal vending stalls. Hundreds of firefighters from Tultepec and
neighboring towns rushed to the scene. The fire was under control shortly before
midnight, although some stalls were still burning. One firefighter suffered
minor burns and several residents were treated for smoke inhalation. 11.9.2006
Source:
"Fire
engulfs Mexican fireworks market", 12.9.2006, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/12/AR2006091200264.html
"Fire engulfs Mexican fireworks market days before Independence celebrations", 11.9.2006, http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/12/america/LA_GEN_Mexico_Fireworks_Explosion.php
Capulhuac/Central
Mexico. An explosion in an area packed with small fireworks factories left four
people dead and a man with severe burns. 17.10.2006
Source: "Mexican fireworks factory blast kills 4", 17.10.2006, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1102AP_Mexico_Fireworks_Deaths.html
Oaxaca. At one entrance to the square, activists lobbed rocks and firecrackers at police. 30.10.2006
Source: "Mexico riot police clash with protesters in Oaxaca", 30.10.2006, http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-10-31T035054Z_01_N27248949_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEXICO-OAXACA.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-C2-NextArticle-1
Oaxaca. Die Menschenmenge dort warf ihrerseits mit Brandsätzen und Steinen und feuerte mit Nägeln versehene Feuerwerkskörper ab. 2.11.2006
Quelle: "Demonstranten in Oaxaca drängen Polizei zurück", 3.11.2006, http://de.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-11-03T060607Z_01_HAG321949_RTRDEOC_0_MEXIKO-UNRUHEN-ZF.xml&archived=False
San Diego Huhuecalco (about 35 miles southeast of Mexico City). An explosion occurred at a small fireworks factory, killing two employees and injuring a third.
It
was the 32nd such explosion in the central state of Mexico this year,
and brought the yearly toll from fireworks accidents in the state to 19
fatalities and 68 injured. 27.12.2006
Source: "Explosion at Mexican fireworks is 32nd of 2006", 27.12.2006, http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20061227-1318-mexico-fireworksexplosion.html
2005
Puebla.
Fireworks exploded in a house, killing Mateo Benavides (31), Gregorio Perez
(33), Evodio Diaz (26) and Antonio Ramirez (11) and injuring a woman (61). The victims were
manufacturing illegal fireworks when the explosion happened.
Source:
23.3.2005, http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0323mex-fireworksexplosion23-ON.html
Outside
Otumba (about 30 km northeast of Mexico City). A truck loaded with fireworks in
a religious procession exploded, leaving seven people dead (two of them children)
and four severely injured. Sparks from an overhead fireworks display apparently
sparked the explosion that also ignited a nearby pickup truck.
Source:
"Fireworks explode", 7.8.2005, http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2005/08/07/1162893-sun.html
Tlacotepec,
Southern Guerrero state. Fireworks stored at
a building that also illicitly sold gasoline exploded, killing seven people and
injured four. Five of the dead were children who were playing in a video-game
parlor in the building.
(Initial
estimates by civil defense officials citing reports by townspeople had placed
the death toll as high as 15 and the number of the injured at about 20, but an
official statement issued later by the civil defense agency of the southern
state of Guerrero gave the lower number.) 3.9.2005
Source:
"Seven
die in Mexico fireworks explosion", 3.9.2005, http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/world/12556618.htm
"Fireworks
explosion in southern Mexico kill seven", http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=3805069
oder
Bundesstaat Guerrero/Südmexiko. Bei einer Explosion von Schwarzpulver hiess es zuerst, es wären mindestens 15 Menschen getötet und etwa 20 verletzt worden. Bei den Todesopfern handelt es sich meist um Jugendliche, die zur Zeit der Explosion in einer benachbarten Halle mit Videospielen beschäftigt waren. Das Schwarzpulver sollte zur Herstellung von Feuerwerkskörpern benutzt werden. - Später wurde die Zahl der Toten auf 7 und die der Verletzten auf 4 korrigiert. Unter den Toten waren 5 Kinder. 3.9.2005
"15 Tote in Mexiko bei Explosion", 4.9.2005, http://www.suedwest-aktiv.de/landundwelt/nachrichtenticker/1774618/artikel.php?SWAID=52f4f4a20185684b10aa931eaf37eb25
Tultepec (a few miles north east of Mexico City).
A
fire destroyed Mexico's most famous fireworks market, setting off a chain of
explosions that destroyed 280 to 300 open-air stands and left many people
injured. The initial blast occurred at around 1.45 p.m. and with the following
blasts, lasting for two hours, reduced the market to a charred ruin. Periodic explosions
could be heard from the scene more than an hour later.
Civil
protection workers said around 100 people were affected by the blasts, either
slightly injured (cuts, bruises) or in a state of shock. Only three were
hospitalized. Hospital officials could not confirm reports that several people
died in the explosions.
A
large-scale tragedy was avoided only because stall owners ran for their lives as
the explosions began.
Vendors
at the San Pablito Market said signs warned against smoking and lighting the
merchandise. Despite these warnings, a customer who had just purchased fireworks
lit one and threw it, sparking a series of explosions which destroyed almost
every structure in an area of some 5,000 square yards. San Pablito Market is a
licensed area. The market is the only one in the country that is allowed to sell
fireworks all year round.
Thick
white smoke billowed a kilometre (0.6 miles) into the sky over the town.
Television footage from a helicopter showed a charred, smoldering area the size
of a football pitch where emergency workers fought sporadic fires.
Normally,
there are open spaces between the stalls, but given the extra demand, additional
fireworks had been stored in between them on this day. Because of that, the
initial explosion had a domino effect.
23
vehicles were damaged or destroyed. Emergency workers fought sporadic fires as
people scrambled to move wreckage amid stalls burned to matchwood and the
charred wrecks of cars. High-powered hoses and a downpour later on turned the
area into an acrid-smelling ashen swamp.
The
explosion occurred hours before one of Mexico's biggest annual fireworks
displays, the midnight Independence Day celebrations that are celebrated with
rockets and explosives throughout the country.
A
fireworks artisan who would not give his name insisted that the only damage
resulting from today's explosion was economic and pointed out that all
ambulances are empty. But others said it is well known that in past explosions,
here and in other parts of the country, residents have taken pains to hide
fireworks injuries and deaths so that their permits will not be taken away.
15.9.2005
Source:
"Fire
destroys Mexico firework market", 15.9.2005, http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1946292005
"Blast
destroys Mexico fireworks market", 15.9.2005, http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1130750
"Fire,
blasts level fireworks market. Customer lit firework, set off chain reaction,
vendors say", 15.9.2005, http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/09/15/mexico.fireworks.ap/
"Huge
firework blast rattles Mexican town", 15.9.2005, http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1130851
"Huge
firework blast rattles Mexican town", 16.9.2005, http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2239/2005-9-16/114@272038.htm
"Fireworks
blast injures 104", 16.9.2005, http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=120729®ion=4
"Mexico's
fireworks capital goes up in smoke", 17.9.2005, http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/09/17/2003272041
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"Police
investigate fireworks explosion", 16.9.2005, http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=149385&SecID=33:
Mexican police are trying to track down the person who caused a massive
fireworks explosion. |
Tultepec (etwa 30 km nordwestlich von Mexiko-Stadt).
300 Verkaufsstände gingen in Flammen auf und mindestens hundert Menschen wurden verletzt, als eine Explosionsserie Mexikos bekanntesten Markt für Feuerwerkskörper zerstörte.
Hunderte von Marktbesuchern kamen mit Schnittwunden und einem Schock davon, als sie vom Gelände flohen. Drei mussten mit schweren Verbrennungen in ein Krankenhaus gebracht werden.
Nach Angaben des Zivilschutzes könnte es auch Tote gegeben haben.
Eine grössere Katastrophe wurde offenbar nur vermieden, weil die Standbesitzer nach den ersten Explosionen sofort ihre Buden verliessen und durch die Ausgänge um ihr Leben rannten.
23 Fahrzeuge wurden völlig zerstört.
Eine Fläche von insgesamt 10'000 Quadratmetern inklusive der Verkaufsstände brannte ab.
Wie Verkäufer auf dem San-Pablito-Markt berichteten, wurde die Explosionsserie von einem Kunden ausgelöst, der einen seiner gekauften Feuerwerkskörper anzündete und wegwarf.
Aus einem Hubschrauber aufgenommene Fernsehbilder zeigten eine verschmorte, rauchende Fläche von der Grösse eines Fussballfeldes, auf der Feuerwehrleute in dichtem Rauch gegen die Flammen kämpften. Menschen versuchten, zerstörte Autos und Trümmer wegzuräumen.
Das Unglück ereignete sich wenige Stunden von einem der grössten jährlichen Feuerwerke in Mexiko zum Unabhängigkeitstag. 15.9.2005
Quelle:
"Explosionen in Mexiko: Verletzte", 16.9.2005, http://www.kurier.at/chronik/1113312.php
"Viele Verletzte bei Explosionsserie auf Feuerwerksmarkt", 16.9.2005, http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,374860,00.html
"Mexiko: Grossbrand zerstört Markt für Feuerwerkskörper", 16.9.2005, http://www.ntz.de/index.php?action=shownews&id=579565 (mit Bild: Feuerwehrleute bei Aufräumarbeiten auf dem durch einen Brand zerstörten Markt)
"Grossbrand bei Mexiko Stadt: Verletzte nach Explosion auf Feuerwerksmarkt", 16.9.2005, http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID4754170_REF3,00.html
"Mehr als 100 Verletzte bei Feuerwerks-Explosionen in Mexiko", 16.9.2005, (oder im Archiv von http://www.tagesschau.de bei der Sendung "tagesschau" vom 16.9.2005
à Unter http://www.tagesschau.de/sendungen/0,1196,SPM830_OIT4753802,00.html (oder im Archiv von http://www.tagesschau.de bei der Sendung "tagesschau" vom 16.9.2005, 04.40 Uhr, den Beitrag "Grossbrand Mexiko" auswählen) können Sie sich den Tagesschaubeitrag "Feuer zerstört Markt für Feuerwerkskörper in Tultepec" ansehen.
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Town
of Magdalena Apasco, southern state of Oaxaca. An explosion at a clandestine
fireworks factory killed five members of the same family (an 8 year-old child
and a 1-year-old baby included). Poorly stored explosive powder set off the
blaze.
Source: "Explosion at fireworks factory leaves five dead", 23.11.2005, http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/miami/15886.html
2004
Ocozocoautla. A boy was tossing low-intensity poppers
made of tin foil and gun powder when he hit a spot on the floor close to a bag
of more powerful fireworks. The spark from the popper
ignited the larger explosives, and a fire engulfed much of the home and injured
the child who threw the popper and five minors who were playing nearby.
Source:
2.1.2004, http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/news/news_1n4mexkids.html
Tonala, Jalisco state/Mexico. An explosion destroyed the Coheteria Plasencia, a fireworks store, and
killed seven people, including a small child, and injuring a boy (16)seriously.
15.4.2004
Source: "Fireworks explosion in Mexico kills 7", 17.4.2004, http://www.billingsgazette.com/newdex.php?display=rednews/2004/04/17/build/world/85-mex-explosion.inc
Tonala. Bei einer Explosion in einem Laden für Feuerwerkskörper kamen sieben Menschen ums Leben. Unter den Toten war auch ein zweijähriges Kind. 15.4.2004
Quelle: "Mexiko: Feuerwerksexplosion fordert 7 Tote", 16.4.2004, http://www.20min.ch/news/ausland/story/28884421
San
Juan Xiutetelco (northeast of Mexico City). An explosion at an
unauthorized fireworks factory killed
Jose Sanchez (39) and Ramiro
Martinez (14). 13.10.2004
Source:
"Fireworks explosion in central Mexico kills two people", 13.10.2004, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/13/international1423EDT6116.DTL
2003
Puebla. A clandestine fireworks factory exploded, killing at least six
people and injuring 12 others, several of them critically. The explosion caused
structural damage to five other houses and cracked walls or broke windows in
others. 10.9.2003
Source: "Several die as clandestine fireworks factory explodes in Mexico", 10.9.2003, http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20030910-0641-mexico-explosion.html
Sanctorum Espanita, Tlaxcala. A small clandestine fireworks factory exploded, killing seven people, including two teenagers. The explosion was apparently caused by sparks from a small bonfire the two adolescents had lit to heat food, state government officials said. The victims were identified as Jonathan and Miguel Hernandez (13 and 15), Jose Hernandez Vargas, Andres Martinez Lozano and brothers Juan, Genaro and Alejandro Vargas. 11.8.2003
Source:
"Seven people killed in
explosion at clandestine fireworks factory in Mexico", 13.8.2003
Texcoco. An explosion at a house apparently used as a clandestine fireworks factory injured five people (four adults and a 8-year-old girl). The blast damaged several houses. Firefighters later found fireworks buried around the home where the injured persons lived. 2.12.2003
Source:
"Five injured in explosion at clandestine fireworks workshop in Mexico",
2.12.2003
2002
Veracruz. A spark set off boxes of illegal fireworks that blasted through
a crowded market, igniting the entire city block. The explosions destroyed
several businesses and dozens of market stands. At least 28 people have been
killed and 50 others have been injured following the explosion and the fire.
Fireworks could be heard overhead as the teams battled for hours to bring
the blaze under control. 31.12.2002
Source:
"Mexico fireworks blast kills 28", 1.1.2003, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2618991.stm
"Fireworks blast kills 17, injures 50 in Mexico",
1.1.2003, http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200301/01/eng20030101_109410.shtml
"Families Search for Mexico Blast Victims", 2.1.2003, http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?id=2696§ionId=46
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"Mexicans
commemorate third anniversary of deadly New Year's Eve fireworks explosion
in Veracruz", 31.12.2005, http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20051231-1336-mexico-fireworksexplosion.html:
Residents commemorated with a religious service the third anniversary of a
deadly fireworks New Year's Eve fireworks explosion that killed 29 people.
The 2002 tragedy happened in the Miguel Hidalgo market when a spark from an
undetermined source set off a chain of explosions at stands where fireworks
were being sold illegally. |
Veracruz. Bei einer Serie von Explosionen von Feuerwerkskörpern wurden am Silvestertag auf dem zentralen Marktplatz der Stadt, auf dem Feuerwerkskörper verkauft wurden, mindestens 37 Menschen getötet und mehr als 50 Personen verletzt. Dutzende von Menschen erlitten schwere Verbrennungen oder Rauchvergiftungen. Da auch viele Geschäfte und Gebäude im Bereich des Marktes betroffen waren, könnte sich die Zahl der Toten noch erhöhen.
Die Stadtverwaltung von Veracruz machte für das Unglück den leichtsinnigen Umgang der Verkäufer mit Knallkörpern verantwortlich. Einige der Silvesterraketen seien aus Sicherheitsgründen schon Tage vor dem Jahreswechsel verboten worden. Ein Vertreter des Stadtparlaments räumte Fehler der Verwaltung ein. Den Behörden sei es nicht möglich gewesen, den Verkauf von Silvesterraketen besser zu kontrollieren. "Ich glaube, dass der Verkauf ausser Kontrolle geraten ist", sagte er. 31.12.2002Quelle:
"Schweres Feuerwerksunglück in Mexiko", 1.1.2003, http://archiv.mopo.de/archiv/2003/20030101/nachrichten/deutschland_welt/panorama/1743920792.html;
http://www.kn-online.de/news/archiv/?id=997838; http://news.bbv-net.de/news/journal/2003-0101/veracruz.html
2000
Santa
Ana Jilotzingo. Three people are killed and 17 others are injured in an
explosion after sparks ignite hundreds of fireworks at a religious festival.
14.3.2000
Source: "Spanish fireworks blast kills five", 16.5.2000, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/749609.stm
Tepic. Bei einem Unglück in einer illegalen Werkstatt für Feuerwerkskörper wurde ein Mann getötet. Nach Angaben der Behörden erlitten zwei weitere Männer Verletzungen. Der Feuerwehr zufolge entstand an zehn umliegenden Häusern Sachschaden. Die Werkstatt befand sich im Hof eines Wohnheims. 15.5.2000
Quelle: "Auch in Spanien und Mexiko explodierten Feuerwerksfabriken", 17.5.2000, http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article514191/Auch_in_Spanien_und_Mexiko___explodierten_Feuerwerksfabriken.html
Boca del Rio. Fast 600 Kilogramm Feuerwerkskörper, die direkt neben einem Schlafraum gelagert wurden, flogen in einem Stützpunkt in die Luft. Bei dem Explosionsunglück wurden 4 Soldaten getötet und 17 verletzt.
Quelle:
"Mexiko - 600 Kilogramm Feuerwerkskörper explodiert", 25.10.2000, Aargauer Zeitung
"Tote bei Explosion", 25.10.2000, http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2000/1025/allgemeines/0155/index.html
1999
Celaya. A fireworks explosion
that triggered other blasts killed at least 56 people and injured another 348.
The blasts tore through a busy area of street stalls and shops.
Soldiers were called to the
city to help the police evacuate residents and seal off an eight-block area
around the explosions.
Television footage showed
concrete buildings reduced to mounds of rubble, others with their fronts blown
into streets piled with debris and bodies.
Rescue workers and doctors
were called in from as far as Mexico City. 26.9.1999
Source:
Fireworks trigger explosions in Mexican town, killing 56, 27.9.1999, http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9909/27/mexico.explosion/
Fireworks explosion kills 56 in Mexico, 27.9.1999, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E5D91E3FF934A1575AC0A96F958260
"Mexico explosions kill dozens", 27.9.1999, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/458438.stm
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"More
arrests made in Mexico's deadly fireworks blast", 13.10.1999, http://www.amarillo.com/stories/101399/usn_LA0805.001.shtml:
Federal agents have arrested six government officials and seven
business owners in connection with a fireworks explosion in Celaya. The
federal attorney general's representative in Celaya has been charged with
abuse of authority. The seven business owners have been charged with the
illicit sale and possession of fireworks. The five business inspectors and
one of the business owners also have been charged with being accessories to
homicide. |