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Federal ATF agents recovered a 500-pound lid from a backyard blocks away from where it blew off during a police bomb squad disposal of illegal fireworks in a South LA neighborhood on Wednesday.
Some 45 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Response Team fanned out Friday into the neighborhood to try and determine why the blast happened. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
They mapped the area of the explosion using helicopters and cameras and collected evidence in the hope of solving why the vessel exploded, said Michael S. Hoffman, the assistant special agent in charge at ATF in Los Angeles, during an afternoon news conference.
Updated on July 2, 2021 at 9:37 pm
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Some 45 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Response Team fanned out Friday into the neighborhood to try and determine why the blast happened.
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They mapped the area of the explosion using helicopters and cameras and collected evidence in the hope of solving why the vessel exploded, said Michael S. Hoffman, the assistant special agent in charge at ATF in Los Angeles, during an afternoon news conference.
He gave no further details about the cause of the blast.
Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
They mapped the area of the explosion using helicopters and cameras and collected evidence in the hope of solving why the vessel exploded, said Michael S. Hoffman, the assistant special agent in charge at ATF in Los Angeles, during an afternoon news conference.
He gave no further details about the cause of the blast.
Work continued, meanwhile, to get the community back to normal. Authorities began escorting residents back into their homes to retrieve belongings such as cars, clothes and medication.
But the area remained shut down with no timeline to reopen. Hoffman said agents will work through the holiday weekend and into early next week.
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