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4 Firefighters Injured In Blaze, Illegal Fireworks Suspected
FLORENCE (CBSLA.com) — Four firefighters were injured and damage to three separate warehouses in Florence totaled between $1 to $3 million after a fire was sparked by what investigators suspect may be...
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Illegal Fireworks Suspected In Florence Mattress Factory Blaze
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators suspect illegal fireworks sparked a fire that caused minor injuries to four firefighters and caused up to $3 million in damage to three...
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Illegal Fireworks Likely Cause Of Fire That Forced Family From Home
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Fireworks were not allowed at all this year in the unincorporated area around Azusa. But neighbors say illegal fireworks still filled the sky. “He was screaming there was a...
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Illegal Fireworks In Santa Ana Cause Combat-Like Atmosphere
SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com) — July 4th in some parts of Santa Ana felt more like a war zone than a family-friendly celebration. Illegal mortars and rockets were fired all night across streets aiming at...
View ArticleFor 1 Neighborhood, Blaze From Illegal Fireworks Nearly Meant Disaster
VICTORVILLE (CBSLA) — Even though no homes suffered significant damage in a recent fire, it was way too close a call for people in a Victorville neighborhood. They hope it makes people think before...
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Illegal Fireworks Light Up Sky Over Boyle Heights In Neighborhood Tradition
BOYLE HEIGHTS (CBSLA) — A neighborhood tradition in Boyle Heights continued this Fourth of July as illegal fireworks once again lit up the sky. A palm tree in San Bernardino was set ablaze Thursday...
View ArticleDeputies Seize $10,000 Worth Of Illegal Fireworks From More Than A Dozen...
CARSON (CBSLA) — A truckload of illegal fireworks was seized over the weekend by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies on special assignment in Carson. The fireworks were seized from 13 people on...
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3 Arrested, 700 Pounds Of Fireworks Seized By Oxnard, Port Hueneme Police
OXNARD (CBSLA) — Three people have been arrested and more than 700 pounds of illegal fireworks seized in a joint operation between the Oxnard and Port Hueneme police departments. Oxnard police says...
View ArticlePre-Fourth Of July Police Calls For Illegal Fireworks Skyrocket Across LA
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – It’s still only late June, but for many across Southern California, it already sounds like Independence Day. Communities across the Southland from North Hollywood to Pasadena are...
View ArticleRiverside County Residents Report Their Pets Died After Trying To Escape The...
RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) — A woman who lives outside Riverside said her blind horse died after injuring itself when it got scared by fireworks and broke out of its paddock. The horse, Gammera, was 33 years...
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Hundreds Of Illegal Fireworks Discovered In Mount Washington House Fire
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Firefighters say they discovered 100 boxes of illegal fireworks in a fire at a Mount Washington home Monday. (credit: CBS) It happened around 9:30 a.m. when a call came out about...
View ArticleFather, Son Arrested For Allegedly Igniting Pasadena Garage Fire With Illegal...
PASADENA (CBSLA) — A 45-year-old man and his 13-year-old son were arrested on Friday and cited for allegedly igniting a garage fire at a Pasadena home with illegal fireworks. Pasadena resident George...
View ArticleLos Angeles Police Report Over 1,000 Complaints Of Illegal Fireworks, Warn...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Across Los Angeles on Saturday night, there were scenes of illegal fireworks throughout the city in celebration of the Fourth of July. The Los Angeles Police Department reported...
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‘I Lost Everything’: Illegal 4th Of July Fireworks Display Destroys 8...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — An illegal fireworks display in Northridge Saturday resulted in an apartment building catching fire, destroying eight units. “There were a lot of fireworks. Basically, one of the...
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28 Tons Of Illegal Fireworks Seized By San Bernardino Police, County Fire
SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA) — More than 28 tons of illegal fireworks were seized by San Bernardino police and county fire officials in the weeks leading up to the Fourth of July. San Bernardino County Fire...
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SoCal Experienced Worst Air Quality In A Decade Over July 4th Weekend
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The use of legal and illegal fireworks around Southern California on the Fourth of July brought the worst air quality the region has seen in a decade, the South Coast Air Quality...
View ArticleLAPD Fireworks Calls Skyrocket For Fourth Of July; COVID Quarantine...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Police say calls for service related to Independence Day fireworks nearly doubled in 2020. According to Los Angeles Police Department data, calls regarding fireworks jumped by...
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Neighbors Who Reported Illegal Fireworks Before Ontario Explosion Want Answers
ONTARIO (CBSLA) — The walls are blown out, the ceiling caved in and Arlene Fierro’s belongings are covered in ash two weeks after a massive stockpile of illegal fireworks exploded in the home next to...
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ONTARIO (CBSLA) — It was just about lunchtime on a sunny Tuesday in March when Arlene Fierro started recording a series of fireworks exploding in her neighbor’s backyard. “We have heard those sounds...
View ArticlePasadena Steps Up Illegal Fireworks Enforcement Month Ahead Of July 4th
PASADENA (CBSLA) – The City of Pasadena is stepping up enforcement efforts on illegal fireworks a month ahead of July 4. Officials said they were taking several steps to make sure residents were not...
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LAPD Official Confirms Some Residents Were Not Evacuated Prior To Fireworks...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A Los Angeles police official confirmed Thursday morning that some residents were not evacuated prior to the preplanned detonation of illegal fireworks which turned into a massive...
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17 Injured After Planned Detonation Of Seized Illegal Fireworks Ends In...
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Thursday began surveying the damage and reconstructing what led to a Wednesday evening explosion...
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Investigation Continues Into Botched Detonation Of Illegal Fireworks In South...
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — It’s been two days since a botched detonation of illegal fireworks ended in an explosion that ripped a Los Angeles Police Department bomb truck apart and injured 17 people...
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Riverside Resident Carlos Saldana Diaz Arrested For Alleged Fireworks...
RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) — A 21-year-old Riverside resident was arrested Friday on 90 felony counts of possession of an explosive device and child endangerment, authorities said. (Source: Riverside PD) Carlos...
View Article‘South Central Was Bombed By The Los Angeles Police Department’: Residents...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Protesters confronted police in front of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Newton Station two days after a bomb squad truck exploded in a South Los Angeles neighborhood during a...
View ArticleIllegal Fireworks Frenzy Lights Up Sky Across Southland Despite Public Safety...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Despite the pleas of public safety officials and laws prohibiting the use of illegal fireworks in places like Los Angeles County, CBSLA’s chopper Sky9 captured a fireworks frenzy...
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Stash Of Remote-Controlled Illegal Fireworks Found In Hermosa Beach Bunker
HERMOSA BEACH (CBSLA) – A cache of illegal fireworks were found in a sand bunker on Hermosa Beach. July 4, 2021. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department...
View ArticleSouth Central Neighborhood Council Passes Resolutions On South LA Fireworks...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — While the explosion from a planned detonation of illegal fireworks in South Los Angeles and its remnants are gone, the anger and anxiety that the blast caused still remains and...
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Caught On Camera: Fireworks Collide With DTLA High-Rise Apartment Building
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — There was still broken glass on the street in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday where fireworks shattered at least one window on the Fourth of July. Dramatic video circulating on...
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Frank Lazcano Lopez Charged In July 4th Garden Grove Fireworks Explosion
SANTA ANA (CBSLA) — A Santa Ana man was charged Monday in connection with a Fourth of July fireworks explosion in Garden Grove that injured several people. (Source: Garden Grove Police Department)...
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LAPD Faces Angry And Frustrated South LA Residents At Monday Forum On Botched...
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – In the ongoing aftermath of the Los Angeles Police Department’s botched detonation of illegal fireworks in a South LA neighborhood on June 30, officials held a forum Monday...
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More Victims Of LAPD’s Botched Fireworks Explosion In South LA File Claims...
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – More victims of the Los Angeles Police Department’s botched fireworks explosion in South LA that wounded 17 people and displaced residents in the blast zone have now filed...
View ArticleDeath Investigation Opened After Colton 8-Year-Old Urijah Roque Dies From...
COLTON (CBSLA) — Officials confirmed Monday that an 8-year-old boy died July 4 in Colton after being struck by an illegal firework. “Seeing fireworks in the front of us, we can see on the right side of...
View ArticleOC Bomb Squad To Detonate Illegal Fireworks In Irvine Wednesday
IRVINE (CBSLA) – People in the Irvine area may hear explosions Wednesday morning. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad will detonate “explosive materials” which were seized over the July 4...
View Article‘People On This Block Are Hurting’: More Allegations Pinned On LAPD In...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The aftermath of a blast that rocked a South Los Angeles neighborhood in June continues to be felt as the families of two people who recently died say the explosion contributed to...
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Suspect In South LA Fireworks Explosion Expected To Plead Guilty
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The 26-year-old South Los Angeles man charged federally with illegally transporting tons of explosives, including dangerous homemade fireworks that lead to a botched explosion in...
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South LA Residents Impacted By June 30th Botched Fireworks Explosion Still...
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Nearly three months after the botched explosion of illegal fireworks by the Los Angeles Police Department, which seriously damaged homes and injured 17 people in a South LA...
View ArticleLAPD Bomb Squad Reportedly Ignored Expert’s Warning Prior To Fireworks Blast
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CNS) –Members of an LAPD bomb squad, who detonated a cache of illegal fireworks in South Los Angeles last year, causing an explosion that displaced several residents from their...
View ArticleNew Details Emerge On LAPD Bomb Squad’s Mishandling Of Illegal Fireworks That...
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – It has been eight months since an LAPD bomb squad truck containing tons of illegal fireworks exploded in South Los Angeles on East 27th street. Although its been months...
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OIG’s Report On Botched South LA Fireworks Detonation Presented To Board Of...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – On Tuesday, eight months after the botched detonation of illegal fireworks in a South Los Angeles neighborhood, the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners and LAPD Chief Michel...
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