Nineteen people were killed and at least 31 were injured Thursday when two explosions ripped through fireworks workshops in a town just north of Mexico City.

A government statement Tuesday says the blast took place the previous night in the town of San Isidro, in the Chilchotla municipality.

Three times Celso Monroy has witnessed Mexico's San Pablito fireworks market erupting into a fireball of pungent smoke, blinding flashes and ear-splitting explosions.

An explosion has ripped through Mexico's best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital.