A Lakewood man is in serious condition after an explosion inside a backyard detached shop, where investigators said he was making homemade fireworks and explosive devices.
The Pierce County Hazardous Device Squad, or bomb squad, was called out by the Lakewood Police Department, along with West Pierce Fire, to a property in the 6100 block of Silicon Boulevard Southwest in Lakewood, according to Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy Carly Cappetto.
“They had found that a 47‑year‑old male had been making explosive devices in a detached shop on the property, when one of his explosive compounds had detonated, and that suspect had been taken to a local hospital in very serious condition,” Cappetto said…