Explosion destroys LA apartment, leaving two injured, including child

Bianca Heyward
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 02:04:47 -0500

A person was found dead inside a Los Angeles apartment building after an explosion that investigators suspect was sparked by fireworks or “homemade explosives,” police said. The blast ripped through the complex in suburban Bell Gardens Tuesday night, leaving a child and an adult injured and displacing multiple families. Firefighters at a Bell Gardens apartment...