- Amapolisa aseLos Angeles ayichithe imini ethatha indawo yokugcina iziqhumane ekhaya.
- Bali-16 abantu aba-17 abenzakeleyo basiwe esibhedlele.
- Kwakukho "ukusilela okupheleleyo kwesi sithuthi," ngokwe-LAPD.
Imizamo yeqela lebhombu yeLAPD yokutshabalalisa ingqokelela yemipu engekho mthethweni iphele kuqhushumbo olukhulu olutshabalalise Isebe lamaPolisa eLos AngelesIilori ezixhobileyo, zenzakalise abantu abali-17, kubandakanya amapolisa ali-10, kwaye bafuna ukukhutshwa kumakhaya akufutshane.
Kubantu abali-17 abonzakeleyo, abali-16 basiwa esibhedlele ngomnye owalayo ukukhetha ukuhanjiswa.
Ukuqhuma kwenzeka malunga ne-7: 30 ngokuhlwa kwangoLwesithathu ebusuku kwi-700 block ye-East 27th Street, apho amapolisa echithe usuku ethatha indawo enkulu yomlilo ekhaya. Bafumana malunga nezixhobo ezenziweyo ezingama-40 ze “coke can-size” ngezixhobo ezine-powder kunye neefus kubo, kunye nezixhobo ezincinci ezingama-200 ezifanayo. Ibutho eliqhushumbe libazimisele ukuba "bangazinzi."
Ezi zixhobo ziye zatshintshelwa “kwisithuthi esipheleleyo” esinegumbi lentsimbi, elenzelwe ukugcina izinto ezinokuqhushumba ezinokudubula ngokukhuselekileyo.
Xa ezo zinto zazicimiwe emva nje kwentsimbi yesi-7: 30 ngokuhlwa ngoLwesithathu, kwabakho "ukusilela okupheleleyo kwesithuthi," ngokwe-LAPD.
Ukuqhuma kugungqise ubumelwane, kubhukuqa iimoto ezikufutshane, kutyhoboza iglasi kunye nokonakalisa amakhaya njengoko kuthumela umsi omkhulu emoyeni.
Ukuya kwiintsapho ezilithoba kubamelwane babo abafudukelwe kumakhaya abo emva kogqabhuko-dubulo.
Isebe lamaPolisa eLos Angeles lathi olu dubulo luzakuphandwa kwezi ntsuku zizayo. Abaphandi baseburhulumenteni kulindeleke ukuba bafike kwindawo yesibini ngoLwesine.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- LAPD bomb squad’s attempts to destroy a stockpile of illegal fireworks ended up in a huge explosion that destroyed the Los Angeles Police Department‘s armored truck, injured 17 people, including 10 police officers, and required the evacuation of nearby homes.
- Ukuqhuma kugungqise ubumelwane, kubhukuqa iimoto ezikufutshane, kutyhoboza iglasi kunye nokonakalisa amakhaya njengoko kuthumela umsi omkhulu emoyeni.
- 30pm Wednesday night in the 700 block of East 27th Street, where police had spent the day seizing a large cache of fireworks from a home.
