Explosion at Bolivia military base kills at least 10, injures over 60

Near the Bolivian capital of La Paz, a military installation became the site of sudden and violent loss on a Friday afternoon, when stored pyrotechnic materials detonated at the Viacha complex, killing at least ten people and wounding dozens more. The blast, whose cause remains unknown, reminds us that the materials of celebration can carry within them the seeds of catastrophe — and that the line between a secure facility and a hazard zone can dissolve in an instant. As rescuers worked through the aftermath, the threat of a secondary explosion kept the crisis alive, turning grief into vigilanc