SHORTLY AFTER 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING a Reseda, California, neighborhood was roused by a ka-boom followed by a fire and the pops of thousands of rounds of ammunition. The cause of the disturbance were two backyard storage buildings and a separate metal container that were housing several pakages of black powder and over $100,000 worth of ammunition.
KTTV Ch. 5 has the video report of the fire:
82 firefighters took about 90 minutes to put out the fire and had to douse the flames from about 50 feet away because ammunition continued to go off, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman D’Lisa Davies.
After five neighboring homes had been evacuated, the Los Angeles Police Department’s bomb squad went to the scene to determine when it was safe for residents to return. Authorities said it appeared that the owner of the residence and the outbuildings had the proper permits and was not expected to be arrested.
Read the LAFD news release HERE.
KTLA-TV also has a good video report HERE.
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