Seven people — including a sheriff’s lieutenant — have been arrested in connection with an explosion at an illegal fireworks facility in rural Yolo County that killed seven last July.

The massive series of explosions at the farm near Esparto leveled buildings and storage structures and ignited a 78-acre fire in an agricultural area about 40 miles northwest of Sacramento.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.