LAPD Seizes $200,000 Illegal Fireworks in 5 Trucks, Prompting South L.A. Evacuations
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Updated · Los Angeles Times · May 27
LAPD Seizes $200,000 Illegal Fireworks in 5 Trucks, Prompting South L.A. Evacuations
3 articles · Updated · Los Angeles Times · May 27
Summary
$200,000 worth of illegal fireworks were seized from a South Los Angeles home on East 85th Street after officers serving a domestic violence warrant found boxes packed throughout the residence.
Five box trucks were ultimately filled with the stash, and police shut down East 85th Street while bomb squad crews removed the pyrotechnics for transfer to Cal Fire for disposal.
Evacuations began shortly after 6 a.m. and were later scaled back, though LAPD did not immediately say how many residents were displaced.
The operation unfolded under heightened caution because a 2021 LAPD bomb squad detonation of seized fireworks in South L.A. destroyed dozens of homes and led to millions in lawsuit payouts.