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2 people dead in fireworks explosion at Southern California home Share Updated: 10:33 AM PDT Mar 17, 2021
2 people dead in fireworks explosion at Southern California home Share Updated: 10:33 AM PDT Mar 17, 2021
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Show Transcript FOR CAUSING A HOME TO BLOW UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. [FIREWORKS GOING OFF] LISA: YOU CAN HEAR THOSE FIREWORKS GOING OFF FROM THIS CELL PHONE VIDEO. THIS HAPPENED IN ONTARIO EAST OF LOS ANGELES. THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS A CACHE OF PROFESSIONAL-GRADE FIREWORKS IGNITED AT A HOME THIS AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES AND THICK SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOUSE. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE BLAST. ONE PERSON NEAR THE HOME WAS INJURED, AS WELL AS A HORSE AND A DOG. OTHER PROPERTIES WERE DAMAGED. INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING
Two bodies at Ontario fireworks explosion tentatively identified, 100 homes still evacuated
An army of bomb squad technicians descended on an Ontario neighborhood Wednesday where 100 homes remain evacuated following a massive fireworks explosion that killed two people.
Cesar Paez-Vasquez, 20, and Alex Paez, 38, are believed to have died in the Tuesday explosion, according to preliminary identifications by the Ontario Police Department.
Both men, who have been missing since the explosion, are connected to the family that lived at the property, police officials said.
(Los Angeles Times)
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Ontario Fire Chief Ray Gayk said the evacuation orders may remain in place awhile as bomb technicians comb the property and ensure that it is safe.
Investigators plan to search through what remains of the Ontario property where a stockpile of fireworks exploded Tuesday in a deadly blast that rattled nerves.
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