Child dies after tractor carrying fireworks explodes

A young child died on Sunday morning and four others were injured, two of them also children, when a tractor carrying fireworks for the local fiesta in Huerces, Gijón, exploded.

The village, population around 300 people, was celebrating a fiesta in honour of their patron, Saint Augustine, when the incident occurred. The injured were taken to Hospital de Cabueñes in Gijón.

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