Remains found of 7 missing workers after explosions at California fireworks warehouse, officials say

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Yolo County officials confirmed Saturday day that each 7 of the missing workers' remains person been recovered connected the country aft an explosion astatine a fireworks warehouse successful Esparto connected Tuesday.

The coroner's bureau is inactive moving to place the remains. Autopsies and DNA investigating are acceptable to statesman this upcoming week.

Marisol Ramos told CBS Sacramento the coroner's bureau called her with the quality precocious Saturday afternoon. Her 2 sons, 18-year-old Jesus Ramos and 22-year-old Johny Ramos, and their stepbrother, 28-year-old Junior Melendez, are among the dead.

The Ramos household has been staking retired astatine the roadworthy closure astatine the scene, waiting for answers for days.

"I mislaid 2 of my kids, my sons. I inquire for justice," said the Ramos boys' father, Johny Ramos, Sr.

The authorities occurrence marshal and national agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, were astatine the country each time Saturday, with officials saying they planned to stroke up undetonated fireworks and hazardous materials astatine the country with small, controlled explosions. They reassured the assemblage each information precautions were successful spot and not to interest if they heard large bangs.

The Ramos household expressed their displeasure with that program erstwhile a Yolo County Sheriff's lawman stopped by to stock the quality of those imaginable controlled explosions Saturday.

Marisol and Jhony Ramos Sr. said they feared grounds and their loved ones' remains could beryllium destroyed.

The lawman reassured this was conscionable portion of the investigation.

The fatal explosions connected Tuesday nighttime occurred astatine Devastating Pyrotechnics' warehouse, which was not permitted to store fireworks successful Esparto, a Yolo County authoritative said. Several structures caught occurrence and aggregate writer fires burned astir 80 acres.

That spot is owned by Yolo County Sheriff's Lieutenant Sam Machado, a region authoritative said. Machado's location connected the spot was destroyed successful the explosions and it's unclear if helium was injured.

On Friday, officials said quality remains were located aft the coroner's part gained entree to the site, but details astatine the clip were limited.

A 4th idiosyncratic was besides identified by household arsenic Carlos Rodriguez.