LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – A mass amount of destruction remains after an explosion triggered by a bomb squad detonating homemade fireworks in South Los Angeles, with crews pulling a 500-pound lid to the ...

Community activists and some city leaders say they are not satisfied with the LAPD’s explanation about the “miscalculation” that led to the dangerous detonation of illegal fireworks in a South Los ...

When a stockpile of illegal fireworks was destroyed in a South LA neighborhood, it was meant to be a contained detonation. But after the blast, triggered by the LAPD bomb squad, windows were shattered ...

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The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday approved a settlement of nearly $21 million for South Los Angeles residents whose homes were destroyed in a botched firework detonation by the Los Angeles Police ...

A second person has died in a suspected fireworks explosion inside an apartment in Bell Gardens Tuesday night, leaving a family devastated. Multiple people reported hearing the ...

A teenage boy was killed Wednesday night in a fireworks explosion in the backyard of a Los Angeles home, according to multiple reports. KTLA's Gene Kang reports on Dec. 4, 2025.

LOS ANGELES – A teen who died while handling what police said could have been homemade fireworks exploded in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Vermont Knolls. The teen was identified by county ...