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Family describes the nightmare of being displaced by South LA explosion
https://www.foxla.com/news/family-describes-the-nightmare-of-being-displaced-by-south-la-explosionBecerra said the officer advised them to stay indoors while they detonate the fireworks. Becerra said of the nine people inside of the house – two are disabled and one is elderly – so they believed it would be best to stay there. "Because he [the officer] said it was going to be safe for us, we said OK, we're going to stay here," he said.
Becerra said when the fireworks detonated, the explosion caught them off guard. "Somebody screamed. When we turned our heads to the window, there was an explosion. I see my wife flying. There's glass everywhere. My family is screaming. I can't hear anything because the explosion was big and I see my wife on the floor with a lot of blood," said Becerra.
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Becerra said police allowed him to re-enter their home to retrieve laptops, medical records and medicine but they cannot live there anymore. "The house is destroyed, the four bedrooms are destroyed, the living room is destroyed. We can't live there and we don't know what's going to happen," said Becerra.
Becerra said an LAPD officer called him Sunday telling him they also had to have their two cars towed that was parked in front of their home. "He [the officer] said you have two hours to move it and you have to come get the towing truck to move your car, and if you don't, we're going to do it and you have to pay but we're going to do it. My wife and I said we don't have a place to live. We don't have money and now we have to do this. We left them so now we are waiting for the bill," said Becerra.
Becerra said when the fireworks detonated, the explosion caught them off guard. "Somebody screamed. When we turned our heads to the window, there was an explosion. I see my wife flying. There's glass everywhere. My family is screaming. I can't hear anything because the explosion was big and I see my wife on the floor with a lot of blood," said Becerra.
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Becerra said police allowed him to re-enter their home to retrieve laptops, medical records and medicine but they cannot live there anymore. "The house is destroyed, the four bedrooms are destroyed, the living room is destroyed. We can't live there and we don't know what's going to happen," said Becerra.
Becerra said an LAPD officer called him Sunday telling him they also had to have their two cars towed that was parked in front of their home. "He [the officer] said you have two hours to move it and you have to come get the towing truck to move your car, and if you don't, we're going to do it and you have to pay but we're going to do it. My wife and I said we don't have a place to live. We don't have money and now we have to do this. We left them so now we are waiting for the bill," said Becerra.
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