Esparto residents demand accountability after learning a Yolo County deputy lived on the property where a warehouse explosion killed seven people.

As the investigation into last week’s fatal explosion in Yolo County continues, a fireworks industry representative and Cal Fire advisory committee member says there’s work to be done.

In the first moments after explosions at a fireworks warehouse in Esparto rocked the community, a man who lived nearby sprang into action towards falling flames and live fireworks, just hoping he could help.

ESPARTO, Calif. — The Yolo County Board of Supervisors proclaimed a local emergency Tuesday due to the deadly Esparto fireworks warehouse explosion.

New evidence of corporate negligence and state complicity exposes how deregulation and exploitation led to seven preventable deaths.

A volunteer Esparto firefighter is on leave amid reports he worked for the fireworks companies on property owned by a sheriff's deputy.

It has been one week since the explosion rocked this tight-knit community, beginning a massive investigation into what caused the deadly blast by the State Fire Marshal’s office.