California has seen a spate of accidental fireworks explosions leading up to the Fourth of July with a Wednesday morning detonation killing 1 in a Simi Valley home and a similar incident critically injuring two people in a Bay Area residence.

Seven people are still "unaccounted for" after several explosions at a fireworks warehouse resulted in a fire in Northern California's Yolo County, officials said.It happened Tuesday evening in the community of Esparto at Devastating Pyrotechnics.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Rescue crews were searching on Thursday for seven people still missing days after an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Northern California shook a tiny farming community and forced the cancellation of nearby July Fourth celebrations.