Seven people are missing after a warehouse holding fireworks caught fire and set off a series of massive explosions in Northern California late Tuesday.

(Reuters) -Seven people were missing after a fire and powerful explosion leveled a commercial fireworks facility in rural northern California, authorities said on Wednesday. Aerial footage from local news media showed the large warehouse-like building blown to pieces Tuesday evening in an enormous,

One person is dead after a house fire in Simi Valley, which authorities believe may have been caused by a possible explosion Thursday afternoon. The Ventura County Fire Department said they received calls around 11:48 a.m. about a possible explosion that could have been caused by fireworks on the 1600 block of Edmund Street.

California has seen a spate of accidental fireworks explosions leading up to the Fourth of July with a Wednesday morning detonation killing 1 in a Simi Valley home and a similar incident critically injuring two people in a Bay Area residence.

A person is dead after fireworks detonated in the garage of a house in Simi Valley on Thursday, sparking a fire and sending a large black plume of smoke into the air. Sandra Mitchell reports July 3, 2025.