Eight people were arrested, with many facing murder charges.

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

A handful of defendants — including a former Yolo County Sheriff’s lieutenant and his wife — indicted in last July’s deadly Esparto fireworks explosion appeared Monday in Yolo Superior Court on ...

Nearly nine months to the day after a massive explosion killed seven men and leveled a fireworks facility in the rural Northern California community of Esparto on July 1, 2025, a report from a state ...

A Yolo County Superior Court judge on Thursday denied bail for key defendants in the Esparto fireworks explosion case — at ...

Defense attorneys said photos of the fireworks explosion victims could make it difficult to choose an impartial jury.

Relatives and friends of the seven people killed in a massive fireworks warehouse explosion gathered in Woodland for the first court appearance in a 30-count criminal indictment. Five of the eight ...

The Yolo County civil grand jury, after eight months of investigation, issued a report last week regarding an Esparto fireworks facility at the center of multiple investigations following an explosion ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A former Yolo County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant is among five people charged with murder following a deadly ...

WOODLAND, Calif. — Five people have been charged with murder in a deadly Northern California explosion at a fireworks warehouse that killed seven people, authorities said. Yolo County Deputy District ...