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“These two young, driven souls had their lives tragically taken due to an explosion in Ontario, CA,” the page reads. “Along with this, their homes are now in ruins leaving their families with a heavy weight on their shoulders not knowing what is next.”
Alex leaves behind his wife and three kids, including a newborn, Guadalupe said in the GoFundMe. Ceasar had “a whole life ahead of him leaves behind his parents and sister with this deep pain and sense of emptiness.”
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Police Chief Mike Lorenz told theDaily Bulletinthat the two bodies found on the property were “not recognizable.”
The incident occurred in the 400 block of West Francis Street of Ontario, which is almost 40 miles east of Los Angeles.
The City of Ontario released abrief statementon Twitter after the explosion occurred.
“We are aware of the loud explosion that was heard recently,” the statement said. “The Ontario Police Department and the Ontario Fire Department are investigating it. Please stay clear of the area.”
There is one known survivor of the explosion who had “minor lacerations,” Dan Bell, the city of Ontario Communications and Community Relations Director, told PEOPLE after the incident on Tuesday.
Police Chief Mike Lorenz said in a press conference that the Ontario Police Department are “at minimum investigating a felony, or multiple felonies,” because fireworks are illegal in the city.
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Bell added to PEOPLE, “Anything is possible as far as investigation depending on quantity or size of [the] fireworks. Fireworks are illegal in the city of Ontario so we’re going to be looking at that on the local level but we do have other agencies here investigating.”
“If there are fireworks that take it to that [felony] level we will probably pursue that,” he said.
source: people.com
