Her son, Joel "Junior" Melendez, 28, was killed in the blast. Lupe said her strong words are directed at the fireworks company that employed her son and also at county and state officials, who have provided limited information in the investigation. Lupe wants her son to be remembered as a great father, brother and friend.

A 22-year-old man died a week after a fireworks explosion in Pushmataha County left several people critically injured.

Family members are still desperate for answers nine days after an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Esparto killed seven people. It happened on July 1. The blast burned 80 acres, destroyed buildings and forced evacuations.

Ely Smith, a graduate of Vian High School and one of the three victims admitted in critical condition, died on July 8.

The Ramos family has been holding a vigil near the site of a fireworks facility explosion where authorities uncovered seven bodies. The family still has no answers about the cause of the explosion or confirmation if their family members are among the dead.

Family members remembered the seven people killed during the fireworks warehouse explosion in Yolo County, two of the feared victims being 18-year-old and 22-year-old brothers from San Francisco.

LAGUNA BEACH — A 13-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of setting off fireworks that sparked a wildfire this week in coastal Southern California, forcing the evacuations of about a hundred canyon homes, authorities said.