At least 17 people have been killed in central Pakistan when fireworks caught fire and exploded as they were being loaded onto a truck.
Police in Sialkot, 60 miles north-west of Lahore, say two children from a nearby school are among the dead. Dozens of other people are wounded.
Hospital officials in Sialkot say at least seven of the injured are in a critical condition.
A local police official said two containers of fireworks were being loaded for a delivery to Lahore when the fire started.
Many of the burning fireworks fell on the roof and in the courtyard of the school, starting a fire.
Lahore is a central marketplace for the sale of fireworks in Pakistan. The government has tried, unsuccessfully, to crack down on the trade. PA
