STORY: At least five people died as a result of a fire at a huge fairground in southeastern Mexico, authorities said on Thursday (May 7).

The blaze, whose cause is still unknown, broke out early on Thursday in Villahermosa, in Tabasco state, and has now been brought under control, Civil Protection said. According to local media, the fire spread while a concert attended by thousands of people was taking place.

Media outlets and social media users showed images of the moment of the tragedy, in which dozens of people can be seen fleeing the site in panic as a column of black smoke covered the sky.

Reuters verified the location and the date when the footage was filmed from the metadata on the original files.

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Fire breaks out at Mexican fair, kills five people

VIDEO SHOWS: FLAMES CONSUMING FACILITY, PEOPLE RUSHING OUT

VERIFICATION:

-Date and location verified from original file metadata

-Coordinates: 18.008100, -92.963900

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SHOWS: VILLAHERMOSA, TABASCO, MEXICO (MAY 7, 2026) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (SAX ANTONIO MARTINEZ - No resale / No archive / Must on-screen courtesy Sax Antonio Martinez) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT FAIR AS FIRE BURNS AT A FAIR

2. FIREFIGHTERS PUTTING OUT FIRE