Evacuations were ordered in a South Los Angeles community Wednesday morning after authorities discovered illegal fireworks inside a home and began the process of removing the items.
Officers responded to the home at about 6:30 a.m. in the 100 block of East 85th Street, a few blocks east of the 110 Freeway, to serve a search warrant in a domestic violence investigation. When officers entered the home, they found what was described as an undetermined amount of illegal fireworks.
Law enforcement sources told NBC4 Investigates that the fireworks are being described as retail consumer use, typically small explosive devices sold to the public. Authorities did not have an estimated on how many fireworks were in the home, but said about three box trucks had been loaded with boxes of fireworks…