Overview

• The task force will assemble fire investigators and law enforcement officials to scrutinize permit procedures and probe the cause of the July 1 explosion that killed seven people.
• Investigators have moved origin-and-cause evidence off-site and are collaborating with ATF and Cal-OSHA after on-site detonations complicated analysis.
• State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant has suspended pyrotechnic licenses for Devastating Pyrotechnics and Blackstar Fireworks over missing local permits and absent manufacturing approvals.
• Etta James Farming LLC has filed a civil lawsuit seeking damages for Oakdale farmland destroyed by the blast and the resulting grass fire.
• Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office declined Yolo County’s request to co-lead the investigation, expressing confidence in Cal Fire’s probe even as no criminal charges have been filed to date.