An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in northern California caused several fires, sending black smoke into the air and forcing evacuations, authorities said.

A former Northern California sheriff lieutenant and the owner of a fireworks company have been arrested and charged with murder following last year’s horrific explosion at an illegal fireworks factory ...

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 ...

California lawmakers have passed legislation aimed at closing gaps in the state's fireworks oversight laws following the deadly 2025 explosion at a fireworks facility in Esparto that killed seven ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(FOX40.COM) — A bill authored in response to a deadly fireworks explosion in Esparto was signed into law on Sunday. Senate Bill 828, introduced in September 2025 by state Senator Chris Cabaldon, ...

A massive explosion tore through a fireworks warehouse in Esparto, Northern California, just days before the Fourth of July. The fire started around 6 p.m. on July 1st and quickly escalated into a ...