At least five people, including a teen, were injured Thursday night after fireworks exploded and sparked a large fire at a warehouse in Taft.
Firefighters said people were trapped inside as fireworks and explosives were going off.
Orange County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Garrett Wienckowski told WFTV things didn’t look good when they arrived, but people in danger forced him to make the call to send his crews inside.
“I would never send any of my people into a burning building with fireworks going off. Because we did have confirmed victims inside, we did an aggressive attack, sent everybody in, and did manage to pull victims out,” Wienckowski said.
No firefighters were injured.
The fire was contained to the building that housed the explosives.
The cause remains under investigation.
