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A festive holiday weekend turned tragic for families in northwestern Mexico on Saturday (Nov 1) when a deadly blaze engulfed a discount store in the city center of Hermosillo, killing at least 23 people and injuring a dozen.

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00:00A festive holiday weekend turned tragic for families in northwestern Mexico on Saturday
00:07when a deadly blaze engulfed a discount store in the city center of Hermosillo, killing
00:12at least 23 people and injuring a dozen.
00:16Mexico is celebrating the Day of the Dead this weekend with colorful festivities in
00:20which families honor and remember deceased loved ones.
00:24It is said most of the deaths appeared to have been from inhalation of toxic gases.
00:29President Claudia Scheinbaum said she had directed support teams to be sent to help victims'
00:33families and the injured.
00:36Sonora's Red Cross said its 40 staff and 10 ambulances joined in the effort, making six
00:41trips to the hospital.
00:43The cause of the fire, now doused, was still unclear, though some media blamed an electrical
00:48failure.
00:50City officials said the store, part of popular discount chain Waldo's, was not the target
00:55of an attack.
00:56The chief of the city's firefighters said it was still being investigated whether there
01:01was an explosion.
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