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Two dead after fireworks spark massive explosion at Ontario [CA] house
LA Times ^ | MARCH 16, 2021 UPDATED 3:34 PM PT | By RICHARD WINTON, FAITH E. PINHO

Posted on 03/16/2021 4:50:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Two people died after a massive explosion set off by fireworks at an Ontario house rocked a residential neighborhood Tuesday, prompting a large response from firefighters and law enforcement.

Ontario Fire Chief Ray Gayk said in a news conference that commercial-grade fireworks set off the fire at a roughly 1-acre residential lot. The Ontario Fire Bomb Squad is clearing the area, and several agencies, including the FBI, are investigating the incident.

“They are commercial grade,” Gayk said, “like you would normally see in the fireworks show.”

Gayk said a horse was also injured in the explosion. Video from ABC-TV Channel 7 showed a horse, smudged with black soot, trotting around the property after firefighters freed it from one building’s wreckage.

A woman who works at nearby Ontario Maple Head Start/State Preschool who wished to be identified only as Nicole said the explosion blew out windows in the school building.

“We thought at first it was an earthquake, until we went outside and then [saw] some smoke,” she said. “And then we heard a second really loud boom ... with stuff flying everywhere.”

About 15 to 20 people were inside the school at the time of the explosion, she said, but no one was injured. No students were on site at the

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: fireworks

1 posted on 03/16/2021 4:50:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Ontario fireworks explosion causes multiple structure fires, livestock in danger I NewsNOW from FOX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95LnMGcINj4


2 posted on 03/16/2021 4:51:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Ground level video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM7-amMatDQ


3 posted on 03/16/2021 4:52:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Why would one have commercial grade fireworks in a residence...unless they are black hoodie types. Then they get a pass......


4 posted on 03/16/2021 4:53:45 PM PDT by llevrok (I'm old enough to remember when the quarantine was to be 2 weeks)
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To: BenLurkin

Explosion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujLEe9gMPpQ


5 posted on 03/16/2021 4:54:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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6 posted on 03/16/2021 4:56:38 PM PDT by llevrok (I'm old enough to remember when the quarantine was to be 2 weeks)
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To: llevrok

You should see holiday nights in SoCal. Folks use these things in their back yards and out on the street. From an elevation it looks like the entire city is one big fireworks show.


7 posted on 03/16/2021 4:59:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

At least it wasnt a meth lab that was my original guess


8 posted on 03/16/2021 5:04:57 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: BenLurkin

Antifa? BLM? OTMs?


9 posted on 03/16/2021 5:08:08 PM PDT by null and void (The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
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To: BenLurkin

Why is everyone speaking Spanish in the video? Oh that’s right, it’s S. CA!


10 posted on 03/16/2021 5:10:34 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

These persons are speaking English:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLngqdv8SfA


11 posted on 03/16/2021 5:13:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: null and void

My guess, and it’s only a guess, is Mexicans.


12 posted on 03/16/2021 5:16:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Zero sympathy.

Probably not the first time they shot off this level of fireworks. Its dangerous for the entire neighborhood.


13 posted on 03/16/2021 5:18:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BenLurkin
The view from about a block away:

"my mom got it on tape"

14 posted on 03/16/2021 6:14:45 PM PDT by Pelham (Liberate the Democrats from their Communist occupation)
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To: BenLurkin

Cinco de Mayo premature detonation?


15 posted on 03/16/2021 6:20:12 PM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: caseinpoint

Si seguro, amigo.


16 posted on 03/16/2021 6:25:00 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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17 posted on 03/16/2021 6:52:44 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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I assume it was felch-ifa, if so they got their just deserts


18 posted on 03/16/2021 6:55:28 PM PDT by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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To: dsrtsage

A little early for the Fourth of July.


19 posted on 03/16/2021 8:24:22 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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