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PUBLISHED 6:02 PM PT Jul. 05, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:02 PM PDT Jul. 05, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. Fourth of July plans were ruined for Winston Cantarero after a massive explosion shattered multiple windows of the apartment he shares with his family.
“Both windows, they just blew up and we just heard a big explosion,” Cantarero said.
The father of four went to the Trinity Recreation Center looking for help.
What You Need To Know
The LAPD had seized roughly 32,000 pounds of illegal fireworks in South LA on Wednesday June 30
What was meant to be a carefully controlled detonation by the bomb squad ended up blasting debris across several residential streets, damaging property and sending 17 people to the hospital