LOS ANGELES: At least 17 people injured Wednesday night as the Los Angeles bomb forces who failed to eliminate improvised explosives confiscated along with thousands of illegal fireworks, officials said.
The explosion blew the top of the bomb disposal truck and fired a fire ball over the South Angeles neighborhood, according to the video from a local new channel.
At the press conference, the Head of the Los Angeles Police Department, Michael Moore said that 10 officers who responded and seven civilians had an injury that did not threaten the soul of the explosion, which damaged the house and detonated the window in the environment.
He added it was unclear why there was a “total disaster failure of the detention vehicle.” “This ship should be able to throw the material safely,” he said.
“The protocol is followed and pursued, but something happens to detention vehicles that should not occur and we don’t know why.” Moore said officers responded to the call on illegal fireworks at private residence when they found a commercial fireworks box stacked by eight to 10 feet high (2.4-3 meters), and is expected to weigh up to 5,000 pounds (2,300 kilograms) stored on the terrace.
While releasing fireworks, the officers found additional, improvised explosives made of soda cans and a simple fuse, said Moore.
The devices were scanned and transferred to a specially designed and exploding truck detention at around 18:40.
A resident in a house that emerged explosives, 27-year-old Arturo Cejas, was arrested and charged with having a destructive device.
The police also wanted to charge him with the suffix of children after finding his 10-year-old brother in the same place.
“We understand that these explosives are acquired from the country and transported here for the purpose of selling it back to community members and neighbors to be used during the July fourth vacation,” Moore said.
The city of Los Angeles, which hit the drought has launched a program to repurchase fireworks in front of the holiday, hoping to stop illegal sales and the use of banned explosives.
Last year, Lapd said it captured more than four tons of fireworks.