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Two men—Edwin Mendoza, 35, and Wilmer Velásquez, 50, both from Tegucigalpa—were killed when a radio antenna structure they were uninstalling collapsed in the Lourdes neighborhood of Comayagua on September 6.

Gerson Aparicio, 25, was killed when he fell beneath a tractor during road-paving work on the highway between Tegucigalpa and Lepaterique in Francisco Morazán.

An explosion at a home-based fireworks and powder-products facility in Copán killed two people—a woman and a 4-year-old child—and injured three others with severe burns; authorities said high temperatures and a possible lack of safety measures likely contributed to the blast, though investigations are ongoing.

Héctor Alejandro Casco Ávila, 28, died after contacting a live wire while performing electrical maintenance near the Carías bridge in Tegucigalpa's Barrio Abajo market district, with authorities investigating possible safety protocol failures.