Yolo County Saw 'Red Flags' About Esparto Fireworks Storage Years Ago

DA serves warrant at Esparto, Calif., fire station, chief’s home over fireworks explosion

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Investigators from the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office searched the home, office and vehicles of Esparto Fire Chief Curtis Lawrence as part of the criminal investigation into the fireworks explosion that killed seven people and ignited the…

Yolo County saw 'red flags' about Esparto fireworks storage years ago

Yolo County officials saw red flags and even questioned the presence of fireworks at a rural Esparto property years before July's deadly explosion, yet they did nothing about it.

DA serves warrant at Esparto fire station, chief’s home over fireworks explosion

Investigators from the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office searched the home, office and vehicles of Esparto Fire Chief Curtis Lawrence as part of the criminal investigation into the fireworks explosion that killed seven people and ignited the 78-acre Oakdale Fire. A warrant, obtained Friday by The Sacramento Bee and authorized weeks after the blast, was issued allowing prosecutors to seize Lawrence’s personal and work electronic devices, inc…

Yolo DA serves warrant at Esparto fire station, chief’s home over fireworks explosion

By Daniel Lempres, Joe Rubin, The Sacramento Bee Investigators from the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office searched the home, office and vehicles of Esparto Fire Chief Curtis Lawrence as part of the criminal investigation into the fireworks explosion that killed seven people and ignited the 78-acre Oakdale Fire. A warrant, obtained Friday by The Sacramento Bee and authorized weeks after the blast, was issued allowing prosecutors to seize Law…