US EditionDispatch audio reveals fireworks weren't only concern for first responders at Esparto property
YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 11 – Firefighters faced dual hazards from stored fireworks and ammunition during a deadly explosion at a licensed gun sales and fireworks facility, officials said.
- A fireworks warehouse exploded on July 1 near Esparto, California, killing seven men and igniting the Oakdale Fire that burned 80 acres.
- The property was owned by Yolo County Sheriff's Lt. Sam Machado and was zoned Agricultural Intensive, which prohibits fireworks storage without approved permits.
- Victims ranged in age from 18 to 45 and came from multiple Northern California communities including Stockton, San Francisco, San Pablo, Sacramento, San Andreas, and Calaveras County.
- Agents from the federal agency responsible for regulating alcohol, tobacco, and weaponry, along with personnel from Cal Fire, are leading the investigation, actively pursuing leads and executing search warrants as families seek answers through attorney Samantha Ortiz.
- Autopsies for all seven victims were finalized on July 10, but the definitive causes of death have yet to be determined pending the results of toxicology tests, leaving uncertainties about the explosion’s origins and safety issues.
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Four of 7 Yolo County fireworks warehouse explosion victims lived in Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- More than half of the seven victims killed in a giant explosion at a Yolo County fireworks storage warehouse were San Francisco Bay Area residents, investigators said. A barrage of fireworks exploded from the warehouse on July 1, igniting a raging fire before the building collapsed in Esparto, California. Autopsies and DNA analysis were completed for the victims Thursday. On Friday, the Yolo County Sheriff's Coroner's Off…
Seven Victims Identified In Yolo County Fireworks Warehouse Blast, Four Were Bay Area Residents
Of the seven people who died in last week's explosion and fire at Devastating Pyrotechnics in Yolo County, two were residents of San Francisco and two were residents of the East Bay city of San Pablo. The identities of all seven victims in the July 1 explosion in Esparto have been confirmed by the Yolo County Coroner’s Office and Sheriff’s Office, and we now know that four of them lived in the Bay Area. We learned earlier this week that brothers…
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The Mercury newsEsparto fireworks explosion: East Bay brothers identified as two of seven victims
ESPARTO — Three brothers, two of them East Bay residents, were among seven people identified Friday by authorities in Yolo County as victims of an explosion at a warehouse storing fireworks. Investigations continue into the explosion’s fire and origin, and officials have not ruled out the possibility that criminal charges could come later. The explosion happened just after 6 p.m. July 1 near County Road 23 and County Road 86A in the small, rural…
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