An explosion ripped through a ferry docked in Mexican vacation hotspot Playa del Carmen injuring up to 25 people.
A large blast blew a gaping hole in the side of the vessel as arriving tourists were disembarking causing multiple injuries due to flying glass and other debris.
Injuries are considered non-life threatening.
"The reports we are getting is that people have sustained small cuts from splinters. Fortunately nothing serious, no life is in danger," Mayor Cristina Torres said.
Those taken to hospital for treatment included five US nationals on vacation.
Two of those included brothers 14-year-old John Lahlum and 12-year-old Matthew Lahlum of Valley City, North Dakota who were treated for cuts.
"There was a lot of debris in the air there was a lot of glass. There was others that had been knocked, they fell so quickly when the blast happened, that they had fallen unconscious because they had just hit the ground so hard," the boys’ mother Rebecca Lahlum told TV station Valley News Live.
She said emergency services were on the scene very quickly.
The ferry is operated by Barcos Caribe and operates between Playa del Carmen and Cozumel.
The cause of the blast has still not been determined.
