The law gives local authorities more power to inspect and regulate fireworks facilities. Industry officials say California still has gaps to close.

Why didn't Cal Fire raid the Esparto facility storing fireworks — which exploded more than year ago, killing seven — after it had done so at a warehouse in Southern California, finding a trove of ...

A man has been arrested on an involuntary manslaughter charge after a Fourth of July fireworks explosion killed a woman in her 20s, injured three others and sparked a massive car blaze in Southern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The founder and CEO of the fireworks company at the center of the deadly July 1, 2025, fireworks explosion in Esparto formally ...

California lawmakers voted unanimously Sunday to pass a bill seeking to shore up fireworks licensing and oversight after the deadly July 1, 2025, fireworks explosion in Esparto. The explosion, which ...

Bitterne residents recall the Southern Firework Factory blaze on May 13, 2016, when explosions, mass evacuation and smoke ...

(FOX40.COM) — A bill that aims to close gaps in California’s oversight of fireworks licensing and storage passed the California Legislature on Sunday, a little more than a year after the Esparto ...

Joshua and Ewan Brennan from Laois were teenagers when, just before Halloween in 2016, a firework they lit failed to ignite ...

None of the injured has been able to explain the sequence of events and no complaint has been filed so far, said police.