Multiple people have been charged with murder in connection with a fatal fireworks-warehouse explosion in California that killed seven people and injured two others in July.
The explosion happened at a 5,000-square-foot warehouse near the small town of Esparto, about an hour outside Sacramento. It triggered a massive fire after the blast on 1 July.
The case has drawn attention in the region because of the scale of the fire and the number of people killed. Local celebrations to mark the Fourth of July holiday were cancelled that year.
The charges come months after the explosion, which left the warehouse site badly damaged and prompted a wider investigation into what caused the blast and the deadly fire that followed.
No further details about the defendants or the exact charges were included in the source material.
