Five indicted for murder in deadly California fireworks warehouse blast
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Five individuals—Machado, Chee, Lee, Chan and Douglas Tollefsen—were charged with murder after a deadly fireworks-warehouse explosion in Esparto, Northern California, with seven people killed. They were arrested Thursday along with Craig Cutright, owner of Blackstar Fireworks; another employee, Ronald Botelho III, faces separate charges. The victims named by prosecutors include four workers and three others tied to the facility’s illegal fireworks operation.
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