{"id":44246,"date":"2025-07-01T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=44246"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:01:12","slug":"california-fireworks-warehouse-catches-fire-and-explodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=44246","title":{"rendered":"California fireworks warehouse catches fire and explodes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The warehouse caught fire and blew up in Yolo County, with people told to avoid the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A warehouse storing fireworks in California caught fire and exploded Tuesday, sending a fireball into the air, launching debris and causing pyrotechnics to detonate above the site, according to officials and video from the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Yolo County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said the warehouse, near the Esparto area northwest of Sacramento, exploded and was actively burning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It was not immediately clear whether there were injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;We urge everyone to avoid the area so that fire crews and emergency responders can safely do their work,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said on social media. &#8220;A one mile evacuation area has been placed around the scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Firefighters responded to the area just before 6 p.m.,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/crews-respond-to-fire-in-esparto\/65271609\">NBC affiliate KCRA of Sacramento reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Helicopter video taken by KCRA showed fires at the facility, including at least one building ablaze, and fireworks launching into the air and detonating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The video shows white smoke rushing from inside the building out through the roof before a large explosion and fireball, with many airbursts from fireworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The cause of the fire and explosion was unknown Tuesday night, the sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection&#8217;s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit said it was responding to the commercial and vegetation fire in Yolo County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Esparto is a community of around 3,000 almost 30 miles northwest of Sacramento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The explosion happened near the border between Esparto and Madison, which lies to the east, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/california-fireworks-warehouse-catches-fire-explodes-rcna216401\">nbcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The warehouse caught fire and blew up in Yolo County, with people told to avoid the area. A warehouse storing fireworks in California caught fire and exploded Tuesday, sending a fireball into the air, launching debris and causing pyrotechnics to detonate above the site, according to officials and video from the scene. 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