Posted on 07/05/2025 6:51:15 AM PDT by Libloather
A man was killed in Los Angeles after commercial-grade fireworks caused a massive fire at his home, investigators said.
Officials also said a woman, believed to be the man's wife, is hospitalized and fighting for her life after the incident on Thursday night in the Pacoima neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, FOX 11 LA reported.
Crews discovered the man and woman trapped in a home as they were evacuating people in the area. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman was transported to a hospital in critical condition.
The fire was reported on Thursday at around 9 p.m. and spread to four homes and at least one car. It took nearly an hour for more than 130 firefighters to put out the fire.
The fire department reported a gas leak in one of the homes while responding to the fire. The fire also knocked down several power lines.
"It was very chaotic," Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman David Ortiz told Fox 11 LA. "There were fireworks that were exploding, there were power lines that were down, and a large amount of fire department response flooding into the area."
"It was very similar to a war zone and there were fireworks that were raining down on this neighborhood," he added. "It just seems like we're seeing a lot more of these powerful fireworks being sold out of residential areas."
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illegal fireworks saturate all of LA County, it feels like a war zone with mortars going off overhead.
Our band was in Bridgeport CA for the 4th of July and some of the civilians were shooting off industrial strength fireworks all over town prior to the actual town fireworks show over Bridgeport Reservoir. Don’t know if anyone got damaged but it was a little disconcerting. Lots of littles out and about. On the way back to Reno we saw a nasty fire on the west side of Carson City in the Mountains. Haven’t heard if it was fireworks related.
....as one of my former co-workers used to say, there is no cure for stupid.....BTW, in that area, are there any LEGAL fireworks...?? here in Central Texas many jurisdictions have outlawed all fireworks.......jus’ askin’ ....
Fireworks Explosion Sets Los Angeles Homo On Fire
Wh-what? (put glasses on) Oh.
“It was very chaotic...”
That’s SOP for LA!
No links.
Russia,Russia,Russia.
Where you dropped on your head as a kid.😂🤡
Apparently, the days of so-called safe and sane fireworks in California are over.
Pacoima——Rodney King
Pacos Treces..
I think it varies city to city as far as “Safe and Sane” fireworks, but there is nowhere in California I am aware of that allows any type of firecracker, bottle rocket or other explosive types like the mortars....except perhaps an Indian reservation.
Hey I’m in conservative Huntington Beach, CA and it was insane here.
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