Talk about an explosive situation: Los Angeles firefighters are anxiously monitoring a warehouse filled with 75 tons of confiscated illegal fireworks sitting alongside 27 pallets of flammable hand ...

A Los Angeles-area raid seized over 100,000 pounds tied to Esparto. Experts say authorities should have made the connection, missed key warning signs. A man in East Los Angeles has been arrested in ...

A 17-year-old boy was killed after a high-powered, illegal firework exploded in a backyard — rocking a neighborhood with a blast so powerful residents thought it was a bomb. The explosive detonated ...

State fire authorities have moved to revoke the pyrotechnic licenses of the companies and their owners who were keeping fireworks in a Yolo County storage facility that exploded in July, killing seven ...

Devastating Pyrotechnics built its brand on being scrappy. It was the “underdog” fireworks company that pitched longer shows for less money — and won. From its base outside the small town of Esparto, ...

IS SURROUNDED BY AGRICULTURAL LAND. AS THE DEADLY ESPARTO EXPLOSION INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL TELLS KCRA THREE INVESTIGATES, A NEW TASK FORCE WILL REVIEW STATE REGULATIONS TO ...