Illegal fireworks, practice bomb found at man's Hanford home, police say

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Hanford antheral was taken into custody pursuing a large amerciable fireworks bust that led to respective homes being evacuated.

Police learned of a imaginable amerciable firework income operation, and identified the fishy arsenic 33-year-old Rian Branch.

They accidental his anterior subject work heightened concerns, and a hunt warrant was served astatine his location connected Thursday.

Officers recovered stacks of packaged amerciable fireworks, immoderate of which were labeled to sell.

They besides recovered materials utilized to marque homemade fireworks, a shade weapon and an MK76 signifier bomb.

His location and those adjacent were evacuated owed to the imaginable explosive threat.

The Central Valley Bomb Squad, on with explosive technicians with the 144th Fighter Wing successful Fresno, were called retired to investigate.

After determining determination was nary information issue, residents were cleared to instrumentality location and each of the fireworks were removed.

Branch was booked into the Kings County Jail connected respective charges, including for possession and income of amerciable fireworks.