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 | | Subject: LAPD Detonated Fireworks in Residential Area Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:39 am | |
| 6-30-3021
LAPD thought best way to dispose of illegal fireworks was detonating them in a residential area during a drought — 9 injured.
The Los Angeles Police Department apparently aren't heeding warnings from the city's fire department. Wednesday, the LAPD confiscated fireworks from someone shooting them off ahead of the July 4 holiday.
It wasn't just a few fireworks, however, it was 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks, both homemade and from China, police said.
"A bomb squad was called in to destroy some unstable devices while the boxes were loaded onto a tractor-trailer to be taken away for disposal," said KTLA.
Instead of taking them back to the police station and dunking them in water or holding onto them until California isn't under a dangerous drought with threats of fire, the LAPD exploded them in the residential neighborhood.
"The Los Angeles Fire Department was on standby when the Los Angeles Police Department handled the disposal of the fireworks and a large explosion occurred," the report said, citing the LAFD. "Firefighters are currently evaluating nine patients for unknown injuries with the possibility of more patients as the incident develops."
LAPD Bomb techs trying to safety dispose of several Improvised Fireworks inside the Dept Total Containment Vessel miscalculated and resulting blast destroyed containment sphere and blew out windows for blocks. At least 3 people transported.
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