Death Toll Rises to 31 in Mexico Fireworks Blast; Cause Still Unknown

TULTEPEC, Mexico -- The death toll in a series of explosions at a fireworks market outside Mexico City has risen to 31, an official said Wednesday, as authorities worked to identify badly burned bodies and determine the cause of the tragedy.Sixty others were injured in the chain-reaction blasts, which occurred midafternoon Tuesday at an open-air market in the city of Tultepec in Mexico state.Among the 31 confirmed dead are at least 14 males, including seven minors, and 16 women, mostly of as-yet-undetermined ages, Alejandro Gomez, the chief state prosecutor, said in a television interview.Of those killed, the official said, five died at various hospitals and 26 succumbed at the site -- the San Pablito market, 24 miles north of Mexico City.  Continue reading...