Seven people are “not counting” after several explosions in a fireworks warehouse that led to a fire in the north of Yolo California County, according to officials.
Spent on Tuesday evening in the community of Esparo at Devastating pyrotecica. Yolo County’s County’s Office confirmed that the building was a fireworks warehouse in the 23rd and 86th County roads.
Yolo County officials issued Compulsory evacuations for a section of a mile as a result of the fire. The evacuation area is on the south side of road 16, which extends south to 25 roads and extends to the west from Tutt Street to the county of 85b road. The small community of Madison was also in the evacuation area, but residents were authorized to return home.
Several property structures burned down -after the explosionsWith the flames extending in multiple grass fires with a combined area of burns of approximately 80 hectares, the Esparo fire protection district was said at a Tuesday night press conference. Initial explosion happened at 17.50
CBS Sacramento spoke to some people who said they had believed that they had been inside the installation at the time of the incident, but could not contact them. In an update at the end of Wednesday morning, Cal Fire said that seven people were not taken into account and that the first ones who respond work to determine their place.
Syanna Ruiz, 18, said that her boyfriend and two brothers -in -law are missing. He said that his boyfriend, Jesús Ramos, 18, had the first day at work at the installation on Tuesday.
Officials have not confirmed the identity of the seven people without counting.
“We last talked to them about 2 or 3 when they were supposed to leave and then learned -through a report or something on Instagram and we came instantly,” said Ruiz. “Praying to God to be alive and maybe they only need medical care.”
Esparo Fire Chief, Curtis Lawrence, said that two people were injured and received medical care. Said no firefighter was injured.
Law officials said that the streets around the evacuation area and that led to the installation were closed.
However, road closures remain in force for the following sections: County of the road 86a on the road of County 25, County road to the State 16 Route, Road County 23 on the County 87B road and the county of the road 86 on the 23rd County road.
The CBS News San Francisco chopper was in the region because of A fire on the grass near Vacaville. The chopper flew next to the Esparo fire and captured images of the flames.
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Cal Fire Lnu sent crew to the area to help you with the fire. Cal Fire will take the lead in the research.
What we know Devastating pyrotecica.
Devastating pyrotecica has an active fireworks license as an importer and exporterAccording to state records. It also has an active license for public screens.
The Esparto warehouse was quoted as a storage installation for commercial fireworks.
Firefighters said they have been in the Esparto warehouse for security checks in the past, but did not provide information on whether there were security problems or when the business was checked last time.
Pyrotecchnics devastating published the following statement on its website shortly before 18:00 on this topic:
“Our hearts and thoughts are with those we have lost, their families and everyone affected by our community. We appreciate the quick response of police and emergency staff. Our goal will remain directly affected by this tragedy and will fully cooperate with the appropriate authorities in their research.”
Apart from the two injuries reported by the application of the law, there have been no confirmed deaths.
A previous version of the website stated that the business has another location in San Francisco and has been serving northern California for 30 years. The website Now only show the statement released by business.
The statement also refers to all queries to a lawyer. CBS Sacramento has contacted the lawyer for more comments, but he has not yet heard again.
Where are Esparo and Yolo County in California?
Yolo’s county borders the western side of Sacramento County. Esparto is a small rural town located about 14 kilometers west of the city of Woodland in Yolo County and about 35 miles north -west of the city of Sacramento.
Some residents of the area told CBS Sacramento that the windows of their houses were ruined by at least two separate explosions. Some described their house shaking as during an earthquake, with explosions seemingly every five minutes.
About 2,200 Pacific Gas and Electric customers in the area were left without energy due to the incident. The PG & E online interruption map showed that more than 150 customers were still unable to be unable to be on Wednesday afternoon.
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The first alert meteorological team of CBS Sacramento confirmed that the smoke plume of the initial explosion reached 10,000 to 15,000 feet.