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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Ground level video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM7-amMatDQ
Why would one have commercial grade fireworks in a residence...unless they are black hoodie types. Then they get a pass......
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.
At least it wasnt a meth lab that was my original guess
Antifa? BLM? OTMs?
Why is everyone speaking Spanish in the video? Oh that’s right, it’s S. CA!
These persons are speaking English:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLngqdv8SfA
My guess, and it’s only a guess, is Mexicans.
Zero sympathy.
Probably not the first time they shot off this level of fireworks. Its dangerous for the entire neighborhood.
Cinco de Mayo premature detonation?
Si seguro, amigo.
I assume it was felch-ifa, if so they got their just deserts
A little early for the Fourth of July.
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