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Los Angeles County emergency personnel work at the scene of a fireworks explosion in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. A cache of illegal fireworks seized at a South Los Angeles home exploded, damaging nearby homes and cars and injuring several people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Los Angeles bomb squad techs reportedly miscalculated weight of illegal fireworks before explosion

Five Los Angeles bomb squad technicians had their field privileges revoked after miscalculating the weight of a homemade firework detonation that injured 17 people last month. During a news conference on Monday, the city’s police chief said the officers made a human error by estimating the weight of the explosives instead of using a scale.