Deadly fireworks blast devastates Spanish town

AT least one person was killed and 26 wounded, including seven children, by an explosion in a fireworks storage facility in the town of Tui in Galicia, north-western Spain, yesterday.

The ‘Faro de Vigo’ newspaper said at least four people had died in the blast that destroyed dozens of houses and smashed windows in a 4km radius, though emergency services could only confirm one death.

Firemen were checking house by house in the area for possible dead and injured people, emergency services said.

The explosion seemed to be in a domestic house, not a commercial storage area, Tui Mayor Carlos Vazquez was quoted as saying.