Authorities say five people have been charged with murder in a deadly Northern California explosion at a fireworks warehouse that killed seven people.

Seven people - including a sheriff's lieutenant - have been arrested in connection with an explosion at an illegal fireworks facility in rural Yolo County that killed seven last July. The massive series of explosions at the farm near Esparto leveled buildings and storage structures and ignited a 78-acre fire in an agricultural area about

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Debris litters a rural property near Esparto after a July 18, 2025 explosion destroyed a fireworks facility and killed seven workers. Investigators later cited illegal activity at the site.