'Massive' firework explosion in South Los Angeles

[RandySF]

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CBS Los Angeles
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#BREAKING: Authorities are on the scene of a massive firework explosion in South Los Angeles where police had been working to remove fireworks from a home nearby. WATCH LIVE —> http://cbsla.com/live

[dawg day]

1. I hope the officers weren't injured.

These illegal fireworks factories are very dangerous--

shouldn't be in neighborhoods. Shouldn't be at all.

[dawg day]

2. 5 injured.

[Maru Kitteh]

3. Why not just call it a bomb?

I mean, that is what it is, no?

[Eugene]

7. Not strictly. They were seizing 5,000 lbs of illegal fireworks

and put it in the bomb squad trailer.

[applegrove]

4. Vibes.

[Leith]

5. Didn't the same thing happen last year?

The story about an excessive amount of fireworks in some guy's garage that exploded and set fire to other houses.

Or is this just a glitch in the matrix?

[chowder66]

6. There was one in March

"The seizure came months after a massive fireworks explosion left two people dead in Southern California in March and caused at least $3.2 million worth of damage."

Different angle of the explosion from today at link.

https://ktla.com/news/5000-pounds-of-illegal-fireworks-seized-from-south-l-a-home/

[onethatcares]

8. they probably came from Floriduh

it seems that every other intersection has a fireworks stand along with grocery stores, big box stores and mom and pop grocery stores.

You have to sign a paper that says you're using them to scare birds away from your crops...............WTF??????. Aside from a few back yard gardens there aren't any crops growing in St Petersburg or vicinity.