Los Angeles fireworks explosion caused by ‘human error’ from bomb squad, police say

After police obtained a tip about unlawful fireworks on the man’s dwelling in South Los Angeles, in line with a Justice Division information launch, authorities arrived at his residence on East twenty seventh Avenue to seek out he had greater than 500 packing containers of commercial-grade fireworks in massive cardboard packing containers in his yard. All the fireworks had been saved in unsafe locations, “specifically beneath unsecured tents and subsequent to cooking grills,” in line with the grievance. The quantity of explosives discovered “most likely might have taken out that whole neighborhood,” Michael Hoffman, an official with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, stated Monday.