Los Angeles police injure 17 in explosion after detonating fireworks they seized
by Guardian staff and agencies from on (#5KRY5)
Department causes explosion on residential block, flipping cars and smashing windows
The Los Angeles police department detonated a cache of homemade fireworks it had seized, causing a major explosion on a residential block that injured 17 people, flipped and damaged cars and smashed windows in nearby homes.
It could take days to determine why what was supposed to be a safe operation to handle explosives that police said were too unstable to remove turned into a huge explosion.
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