Cal Fire task force formed after Esparto fireworks blast releases final report

The report outlined 37 recommendations to strengthen fireworks oversight, some of which have already been implemented.

Yolo County officials aware of illegal fireworks at Esparto site years before explosion, grand jury says

Top Yolo County officials were aware of illegal fireworks operations at the site of the deadly 2025 Esparto explosions for at ...

Esparto residents demand accountability after grand jury report over fireworks facility explosion

Nearly nine months after a fireworks explosion killed seven people and damaged homes in Esparto, residents living near the ...
Chico Enterprise-Record

Esparto fireworks explosion: ‘Illegal activities’ contributed to blast that killed 7

SACRAMENTO — Illegal activities contributed to a Yolo County fireworks explosion last year that killed seven people, state fire authorities said this week. Three brothers — two of them residents of ...
Sacramento Bee

5 takeaways from The Bee’s new investigation of the deadly Esparto fireworks blast

A Los Angeles-area raid seized over 100,000 pounds tied to Esparto. Experts say authorities should have made the connection, missed key warning signs. A man in East Los Angeles has been arrested in ...