YUCAIPA, Calif. -- A smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used during a gender reveal party sparked a raging wildfire that's charred more than 7,000 acres in Southern California, officials said Sunday.

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The search is on for the source of “a large quantity of illegal pyrotechnic devices” that killed a teenager in the Vermont Knolls area of South Los Angeles Wednesday evening. In a press release issued ...

One of 23 major wildfires burning in California was started by a pyrotechnic device used at a gender-reveal party, authorities said Sunday. The El Dorado Fire in Southern California was caused by a ...

It aims to reduce the use of pyrotechnics amongst programme participants and enhance safety inside and outside of games. The pilot project is aimed at fans who have previously used pyrotechnics at ...

The Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad continued its investigation Thursday into the death of a 17-year-old boy in a fireworks explosion in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Vermont Knolls.

Residents on Saturday could see several pyrotechnic devices and fireworks set off from an area in Beckwourth Riverfront Park as a training and safety seminar is held at the expansive grounds in ...