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Los Angeles To Pay $21M After Police's Botched Fireworks Detonation Damaged Homes
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Seventeen people were injured and dozens displaced after the 2021 detonation of illegal fireworks resulted in a massive explosion in a South L.A. neighborhood.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles will pay more than $21 million to settle claims by residents of a neighborhood where police bungled the detonation of a cache of illegal fireworks three years ago, injuring 17 people and displacing dozens of others.
The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the payments, and the settlements will now go to Mayor Karen Bass for approval, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Councilmember Curren Price, who represents the South Los Angeles district where the blast occurred, said he regrets the “agonizingly slow” process of reaching a deal.
“The victims of the 27th Street fireworks explosion have endured unimaginable pain and trauma that will last a lifetime,” Price said in a statement. “Reaching these financial settlements were a crucial step toward their healing, rebuilding their lives, and finding stability and peace.”
The settlement awards range from $100,000 to $2.8 million for the 17 claimants, according to the Times.