Crime & Safety
Farm Sues Over Deadly Esparto Fireworks Explosion, Claiming Crop Loss And Negligence
"The damage was not only to the crops themselves, but also to the farming equipment being used to farm those crops," Rodriguez said.
July 23, 2025
The first civil lawsuit stemming from the deadly fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto that shook the entire community three weeks ago has been filed in Yolo County Superior Court.
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It's not on behalf of the families of the seven workers killed in the blast, though lawsuits are expected to be filed in the near future, but rather from a nearby farm.
Etta James Farming LLC, based out of Knights Landing, is suing for what attorneys claim to be hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to their crops and farming business when the July 1 explosion sparked the Oakdale Fire, which burned nearly 80 acres of nearby land.
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