Explosion at California fireworks warehouse sparks wildfire, triggers evacuations

YOLO COUNTY, Calif. – An detonation astatine a fireworks warehouse successful Northern California rocked a quiescent vicinity and sparked a wildfire precocious Tuesday day adjacent the communities of Esparto and Madison, California, immoderate 35 miles westbound of Sacramento, according to officials. 

No injuries person been reported.

Neighbors posted video connected societal media of an ominous unreality hanging implicit the assemblage that looked astir similar a volcanic eruption.

According to the Yolo County Sheriff's Office, the warehouse exploded and continued to pain done Tuesday night. The fire, which has been designated arsenic the Oakdale Fire, has reached much than 78 acres, according to CAL FIRE.

A 1-mile evacuation country remains successful spot astir the scene. The Sheriff's Office said radical successful Madison are being allowed to instrumentality home connected Wednesday aft Tuesday's evacuation orders. 

The nonstop origin of the detonation remains nether investigation.

Yolo County is not presently successful a drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.