California has seen a spate of accidental fireworks explosions leading up to the Fourth of July with a Wednesday morning detonation killing 1 in a Simi Valley home and a similar incident critically injuring two people in a Bay Area residence.

(Reuters) -Seven people were missing after a fire and powerful explosion leveled a commercial fireworks facility in rural northern California, authorities said on Wednesday. Aerial footage from local news media showed the large warehouse-like building blown to pieces Tuesday evening in an enormous,

Seven people are missing following a huge fireworks warehouse explosion in California. A blaze broke out at the storage facility in Yolo, 40 miles outside of Sacramento, Tuesday, erupting into a huge fireball.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved the release of California National Guard troops from a federal mission in response to wildfire concerns.

It's the first time National Guard members have been released since Trump deployed thousands of troops to LA protests last month.

Some of the California National Guard troops deployed by President Trump to Los Angeles last month will be released from the deployment to fight wildfires as the state prepares for another fire season.