Overview

• The California State Fire Marshal suspended the licenses of Kenneth Chee and Craig Cutright, owners of Devastating Pyrotechnics and Blackstar Fireworks, respectively.
• Arson and bomb investigators have completed on-site evidence collection and shifted to off-site reviews of licensing records and correspondence.
• Kenneth Chee was previously denied a federal ATF explosives license due to a felony conviction but held state pyrotechnic permits until their suspension.
• Officials are scrutinizing a land-use mismatch: the agricultural-zoned property lacked the conditional use permit required for fireworks storage despite federal magazine approvals.
• Families and local officials continue hazard mitigation efforts as they await definitive findings on the origin and cause of the July 1 explosion.