ESPARTO, Calif. — Seven people were missing Wednesday following an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in rural Northern California that caused a massive fire that spread to farm fields and forced evacuations in the surrounding community, authorities said.

Seven people remain unaccounted for following Tuesday's explosion of a northern California fireworks warehouse, officials said.

Some residents from the small Yolo County community of Esparto recounted what they witnessed during a massive fireworks facility explosion that has left seven people unaccounted for. A property owner who lives less than half a mile away from where the explosions happened had his front windows blown out,