Explosion at NorCal fireworks facility sets off hours-long fire

ESPARTO, Calif. (KGO) -- A huge explosion set off an hours-long display within a fire that broke out in Yolo County in Northern California Tuesday evening.

The sheriff's office says it was a warehouse storing fireworks that blew up.

That of course, set off a chain reaction and a fire that spread to nearly 80 acres in size through farmlands. ---More...

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