Overview
- Cal Fire’s State Fire Marshal’s Office, supported by ATF agents and local bomb squads, executed search warrants this week at a San Francisco home linked to Devastating Pyrotechnics.
- All seven sets of remains recovered from the July 1 Esparto blast site are awaiting DNA analysis to confirm the identities of the victims.
- Officials are scrutinizing zoning records after discovering display-grade fireworks were stored on agricultural land without permits for main-building storage.
- Dispatch recordings show firefighters were warned of ammunition in a residence on the property, highlighting additional dangers beyond fireworks.
- Investigators are examining conflicts between a federal explosives license denial for owner Kenneth Chee and state permits that allowed the company to operate.