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Authorities arrested a probationer after investigators discovered homemade fireworks and explosive devices inside his vehicle ...

Northern California authorities seized a large cache of illegal fireworks at a home along the North Coast they say are tied to the probe into the deadly Esparto explosion at a pyrotechnics facility ...

Cal Fire's state fire marshal was tasked with investigating the July 1, 2025, fire and explosions at a facility near the community of Esparto. Questions arose whether Devastating Pyrotechnics and ...

Residents Against Illegal Fireworks has asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to investigate Cal Fire's handling of the deadly Esparto ...

Cal Fire, ATF seized 500,000 pounds of illegal fireworks in Southern California, linked to the owner of Devastating Pyrotechnics, two months before the Esparto deadly explosion. AMADOR REPORTS ON THIS ...

Authorities raided an illegal fireworks lab in the 400 block of Vancouver Avenue in East L.A. on Monday morning and confiscated nearly 100 pounds of pyrotechnic powders. (KTLA-TV) Authorities raided ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A second person has died in a suspected fireworks explosion inside an apartment in Bell Gardens Tuesday night, leaving a family ...

SACRAMENTO — Illegal activities contributed to a Yolo County fireworks explosion last year that killed seven people, state fire authorities said. Three brothers were among the seven who died when the ...