One person is dead after a house fire in Simi Valley, which authorities determined to be caused by explosions from fireworks on Thursday afternoon.The Ventura County Fire Department said they received calls around 11:48 a.

One person in southern California is dead after fireworks stored in a garage exploded on Thursday, setting fire to the house, authorities said.

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.

Two people were hospitalized in critical condition after reported explosions due to fireworks at a house in Hayward Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

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More than 130 firefighters battled a fire involving fireworks explosions that engulfed four homes in Pacoima and critically injured a woman on Thursday night, authorities said.

At least one person was hospitalized and four homes were burned during a fireworks-related fire in Pacoima Thursday night, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. LAFD said it started at roughly 9 p.