Overview

• Coroners accessed the Devastating Pyrotechnics warehouse on July 4 and located human remains amid unstable pyrotechnic debris.
• The coroner’s office has notified families of the seven workers unaccounted for after the July 1 blast and is conducting DNA tests to identify victims.
• Evacuation orders around the Esparto site have been partially lifted as crews monitor hotspots and secure remaining explosive materials.
• CAL Fire and the State Fire Marshal’s bomb squad are probing the cause of the blast and examining zoning and permit violations at the unlicensed storage facility.
• Earlier Fourth of July–week explosions in Simi Valley, Hayward and Pacoima collectively killed three people and left multiple residents critically injured.