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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nAt least five people have died after an inferno broke out at a fairground in Mexico.\n\nHundreds of people were enjoying a fair in the southeastern Mexican city of Villahermosa today when the event turned into a deadly nightmare.\n\nFootage shows a wall of orange flames and thick black smoke raging above the fairground at a warehouse.\n\nHundreds of people fled the blaze, but not everyone managed to escape to safety.\n\nMassive flames and thick black smoke billowed into the air after a fire broke out\n(Picture: Sax Antonio Martizen/Reuters)\n\nThe governor of Tabasco Javier May Rodríguez said that the fire broke out in the early hours of the morning in Warehouse 1 at Tabasco Park.\n\nHe confirmed that five people were killed before the flames were brought under control.\n\nAn investigation has been launched into the tragedy.\n\nThe charred remains of the warehouse after a fire ripped through it during a fairground concert (Picture: Reuters)\n\nThe mother-in-law of a victim leans on a fence in the aftermath of a deadly fire (Picture: Reuters)\n\nMr Rodríguez said in a post in Spanish on X: ‘During these regrettable events, five people lost their lives, so we extend our condolences to their families and offer our full support in the wake of this unfortunate incident.\n\n‘We are deeply grateful to the public who helped evacuate the area when the disaster struck.\n\n‘We will immediately launch an economic recovery program for the exhibitors who were affected. We will not leave them alone.\n\n‘The investigative authorities will begin their work to determine the causes of the fire. We will be providing updates throughout the morning on what happened and the course the Fair will take. Together, we will move forward.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Five people killed after fire breaks out at Mexican fairground concert"
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