On a Friday afternoon in Viacha, Bolivia, a town thirty kilometers from the capital, a stockpile of military fireworks detonated with catastrophic force, killing at least ten people and wounding dozens more. The explosion — rooted in the volatile nature of pyrotechnic material stored within a defence ministry barracks — sent shockwaves through a residential community, shattering windows and scattering glass like shrapnel across neighborhoods. As investigators search for a cause, the tragedy raises older, quieter questions about how proximity, preparedness, and the storage of dangerous material
Explosion at Bolivia military base kills at least 10, dozens injured
At least 10 people killed and 62 injured, including a girl with third-degree burns; dozens of homes damaged with shattered windows.