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Though the actual explosive agent used in the devices was not clear, Moore said, bomb teams used several methods to examine the explosives before blowing them up, including X-rays and using a robot to cut into them. вЂњThe improvised explosives were obviously even more unstable than the fireworks,вЂќ Moore said. The iron containment box that exploded Wednesday is at the center, with the painted logo. An LAPD Total Containment Vehicle used by explosives technicians. Moore said they were purchased out of state by a man who intended to resell them locally.Д«ut while the fireworks were removed without fanfare, bomb technicians decided the homemade bombs were too risky to move. Calling the cache an вЂњimminent threat,вЂќ police needed four large trucks to safely move all of the fireworks. The fireworks, Moore said, were вЂњcommercial gradeвЂќ and were stacked 8 to 10 feet high on the back deck of a home. The explosion did not involve any of the 5,000 pounds of seized fireworks, said LAPD Chief Michel Moore, but was caused by about 10 pounds of вЂњimprovised explosivesвЂќ found alongside the fireworks.

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#BreakingNews LAPD Bomb techs trying to safety dispose of several Improvised Fireworks inside the Dept Total Containment Vessel miscalculated and resulting blast destroyed containment sphere and blew out windows for blocks. Seventeen people, including nine first responders and one ATF agent, were hurt, though no injuries were reported to be life-threatening.

Instead, the explosion shattered the teamвЂ™s supposedly вЂњbombproofвЂќ truck, sending the roof of its iron containment box flying two blocks and breaking windows up and down the street. The technicians thought the controlled detonation would be a quick moment of sound and fury but would ultimately amount to nothing.

While carting away 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks from a Los Angeles home this week, an LAPD bomb squad decided that a small stash of homemade bombs looked too sketchy to transport.