Human remains found at California fireworks warehouse explosion site, officials say

Authorities say that human remains were found after Tuesday explosion and fires in a fireworks warehouse in the northern Esparto California community.

On Friday, Yolo county officials announced that human remains were located after the staff of the Coroner division had been authorized to access the site for their investigation. No positive identification of the leftovers has been made at the moment, officials said.

The officials said that seven people were “not recorded” after the July 1 incident at the devastating pyrotechnic.

The Sheriff’s Bureau of Yolo County confirmed that the building was a fireworks warehouse in the County Roads area 23 and 86a.

Several structures on the property caught fire after the explosions, the flames propagating in several lawn fires with a burning zone of approximately 80 acres, said the Esparto fire protection district. The initial explosion occurred on Tuesday around 5:50 p.m. on Tuesday.

Friday, an official of the Yolo County sheriff’s office confirmed to CBS Sacramento that The Lieutenant of the Sheriff of the County of Yolo Sam Machado lived on the property, with public files showing that Machado owns the property. The official said that Machado was not involved in the survey and is still employed with the ministry.

The home of Machado on the property was destroyed in the explosion and the officials could not say if he was injured.

An Esparto volunteer firefighter was also linked to a commercial license with fireworks with the same address as the installation, depending on the files. CBS Sacramento contacted the department for a comment.

Thursday evening, the investigators were finally able to enter the property, but the information remained limited. Officials also said they used drones to understand the scene and improve coordination between teams due to the presence of explosive materials. The crews also work to cool all the remaining hot spots.

Esparto firefighters Curtis Lawrence said two people had been injured and received medical care. He said that no firefighter had been injured.

Yolo county officials published compulsory evacuations for a section of a mile on the south side of the installation which remained in force on Thursday. The law enforcement officials said that the streets around the evacuation zone and leading to the establishment had been closed.

Cal Fire will take the lead in the investigation. Yolo County said on Wednesday that the Federal Office for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) (ATF) was called to help the investigation.

Who are the seven not recorded people to?

CBS Sacramento spoke to people who said they had dear beings who would have been inside the establishment at the time of the incident, but they were unable to contact them. Cal Fire said Wednesday morning that seven people were not counted and that the first stakeholders worked to determine their fate.

Syanna Ruiz, 18, said her boyfriend and two brothers are missing. She said that her boyfriend, Jesus Ramos, 18, had had her first day of work in the establishment on the day of explosions. She identified the brothers of Jesus like Johnny Ramos, 22, and Junior Melendez, 28 years old.

“We talked to them for the last time around 2 or 3 years old when they were supposed to leave, then we discovered it through a report or something on Instagram and we came instantly,” said Ruiz on Wednesday. “Praying God that they are alive and maybe they just need medical care.”

A fourth individual was identified by family members at CBS Sacramento like Carlos Rodriguez. The other three people were not yet identified.

Officials have not confirmed the identity of the seven people who are not recorded.

What we know Devastating pyrotechnics.

Devastating pyrotechnics has a license of active fireworks via the State as amporteur and exporterAccording to state files. It also has an active license via the State for public displays.

The Esparto warehouse was cited as a storage installation for commercial fireworks. However, Stephanie Cormier, director of the Yolo county planning commission, confirmed to CBS Sacramento Thursday afternoon that the devastating pyrotechnic has no local license to store fireworks on property or a commercial license.

Cormier said it is an agricultural property limited to agricultural use at the local level.

Fire managers said they had gone to the Esparto warehouse for security checks in the past, but had not provided information on whether there were security problems or when the last time the company was verified.

Dévastor Pyrotechnics published the following statement on his website on Wednesday:

“Our hearts and our thoughts concern those we have lost, their families and everyone have had an impact on our community. We are grateful for the rapid response of law enforcement staff and emergency. Our goal will remain on those directly affected by this tragedy, and we will cooperate fully with the appropriate authorities in their investigation.”

Aside from the two injuries reported by the police, there were no confirmed deaths.

A previous version of the website indicated that the company has had another location in San Francisco and has served northern California for 30 years. The website now only displayed the declaration published by the company.

The declaration also refers to all additional surveys to a lawyer. CBS Sacramento contacted the lawyer for additional comments but received the same declaration that was published on the website.

Where are the County of Esparto and Yolo in California?

The county of Yolo borders the west side of the County of Sacramento. ESPARTO is a small rural town located about 14 miles west of the city of Woodland in Yolo County and about 35 miles northwest of the city of Sacramento.

Some residents of the region told CBS Sacramento that the windows on their homes had been shaken by at least two distinct explosions. Some described their house trembling as during an earthquake, the explosions that apparently took place every five minutes.

Nearly 2,200 Pacific gas and electricity customers in the region were left without electricity due to the incident. PG & E said that only 33 customers had remained without electricity on Thursday evening.

The first CBS Sacramento alert weather team confirmed that the smoke plume of the initial explosion reached between 10,000 and 15,000 feet at altitude.