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Seven people were unaccounted for Wednesday after a Northern California warehouse storing fireworks exploded in a huge fireball Tuesday and sent pyrotechnics bursting above the scene, officials said.
Firefighters responded to the warehouse in the Esparto area, northwest of Sacramento, around 5:50 p.m. Tuesday and found explosions and numerous buildings on fire, Esparto Fire Protection District Chief Curtis Lawrence said.
The warehouse then detonated. Helicopter video showed white smoke pouring from the roof before the warehouse erupted in a fireball.
\u201cSeven individuals remain unaccounted for,\u201d the Esparto Fire Protection District and the State Fire Marshal\u2019s Office said. \u201cFirst responders and investigators are working diligently with the property owner to determine the whereabouts of those individuals.\u201d
Some Yolo County residents near the scene were forced to flee.
\u201cThere is a reduced risk today [Wednesday], but a risk that still remains and thus the evacuation orders are in place,\u201d the fire protection district and the fire marshal’s office said.
\u201cSite assessment is ongoing to assess the hazards. It is the goal to get residents back to their homes and possibly reduce the footprint of that evacuation zone,\u201d they said.
Responding firefighters found “a few commercial buildings well-involved, as well as numerous explosions and numerous spot fires throughout the area,” Lawrence, the Esparto fire chief, told reporters at the scene Tuesday.
The cause remained under investigation Wednesday, officials said.
Investigators believe the owner of the property is an active pyrotechnic license holder, the fire protection district and the state fire marshal’s office said in Wednesday’s statement.
“As part of our investigation, we will be working to determine that everything happening at the facility was within our license requirements,” they said.
An evacuation zone remained in effect near the area, and an evacuation center was set up at the Yolo County Public Library Esparto Branch, the county government said<\/a>.
The warehouse fire caused multiple spot fires, covering around 80 acres in total, Lawrence said.
Investigators were also using drones to monitor the site Wednesday to assess any hazards, officials said.
Esparto is a community of around 3,000, almost 30 miles northwest of Sacramento.
The explosion happened near the border between Esparto and Madison, which is to the east, the sheriff\u2019s office said.
Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.
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