( CNN ) -- The death toll rose to 13 and number of injured increased to 154 after a truck carrying fireworks to a religious procession exploded Friday in the central Mexican city of Nativitas , government news agency Notimex reported . The explosion occurred when one of the fireworks went astray and landed in the truck carrying `` a significant amount '' of other fireworks , Notimex said . The injured persons were being taken to several area hospitals , Mateo Morales Baez told Notimex . CNN 's Nelson Quinones contributed to this report .
NEW : 154 people were injured , government news agency says . A truck carrying fireworks to a religious procession explodes in Mexico . Score: 6