By  Christian Smith, Denisaurus News

Dozens of people were said to have died following an explosion that ripped through a fireworks market in the San Pablito, which is suited in the northern outskirt of Mexico.

The explosion happened at 3pm left 70 people injured and 31 dead.

More than a dozen children suffered burns to over 90 percent of their bodies and were being sent to the US city of Galveston in Texas for treatment, said Eruviel Ávila, the governor of the state of Mexico.