Small Apartment Blasts Were Firecrackers
Two small explosions last week in a Midvale Plaza apartment complex were caused by M-80 firecrackers, Los Angeles police said Tuesday.
The first explosion, before 8 a.m. Friday, was the result of one of the large firecrackers going off in the 500 block of Midvale Avenue, said LAPD Officer April Harding.
The bomb squad responded after a second, unexploded device was found about 11 a.m. That firecracker was remotely detonated about two hours later, Harding said.
M-80s, often used to simulate fire by the military, have been known to maim. They are illegal to possess and have been classified as dangerous explosives.
LAPD Officer Sarah Faden said no arrests have been made in connection with the incident.
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