Fireworks explosion in South Los Angeles: After the failed detonation at the Los Angeles Police Department, the 500-pound containment cover was restored several blocks
Angel (KTLA) – After a bomb disposal team in South Los Angeles detonated homemade fireworks to cause an explosion, a lot of damage remained. The staff pulled a 500-pound lid from “someone’s yard” to the failed explosion on the second day of Friday’s cleanup In the container, the official said.
Assistant Special Agent Michael Hoffman in charge of the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Administration said that a bulky lid was found three to four blocks away from the explosion center on East 27th Street and was dragged away from the scene for further analysis.
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Officials are working to shrink the perimeter of their investigation into Wednesday night’s massive explosion in South Los Angeles so that residents can return to their homes.
At a press conference, agent Michael Hoffman of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said that an ATF national response team consisting of two experts had arrived at the scene Friday.
They have begun to map the area of the blast that occurred when an LAPD bomb squad attempted to safely detonate explosive devices that had been seized from a South L.A. home along with about 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks. Seventeen people were injured.