Mexico fireworks explosion kills 9 A SMALL truck loaded with fireworks for a religious event has exploded in central Mexico, killing at least nine people and injuring up to 70 others, an official says. The explosion took place when one firework apparently landed on the truck in the village of Jesus Tepatepec, part of the municipality of Nativitas, 125 kilometres east of Mexico City, a spokeswoman for the Tlaxcala state government said. "We have preliminary information that there are nine people dead and almost 70 injured," she said. The victims were standing near the truck on a street where people were making preparations for the celebration of a patron saint when the explosion took place shortly after noon.