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'Loophole' Allowed Esparto, CA, Fireworks Business to Operate Before Deadly Blast
The owner of Devastating Pyrotechnics was barred by the ATF from having access to permits that would allow the fireworks ...
Esparto Fireworks Facility Explosion | Yolo County Sheriff clarifies agency's role in investigation
Nearly two weeks after the deadly explosion at a fireworks facility in Esparto, Yolo County Sheriff Tom Lopez clarified his ...
9 days in, families of Esparto warehouse explosion victims desperate for information
Family members are still desperate for answers nine days after an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Esparto killed seven ...
Where is Esparto? What to know about area where fireworks facility exploded
The facility destroyed was located roughly a mile south of Esparto on the 26400 block of County Road 23 near County Road 86A. Esparto is 14 miles west of Woodland along Highway 16. The drive from ...
Esparto explosion investigation raises conflict of interest questions. What are California leaders doing about it?
As the investigation continues into the deadly explosion in Esparto, a web of possible conflict-of-interest issues have come to light involving Yolo County, raising new questions.
Esparto 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 by authorities in Yolo County on ...
7 killed in Esparto fireworks blast remembered by their families, community
While authorities have not identified any victims, family members have identified their lost loved ones. Among them are ...
Dispatch audio reveals fireworks weren't only concern for first responders at Esparto property
Dispatch audio from July 1 shows that fireworks were not the only concern for responding firefighters. Sign up for our Newsletters. Ammunition posed another threat to safety for t ...