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Teen killed by illegal fireworks explosion in South LA #shorts
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1:00Now PlayingA 17-year-old boy was killed after a high-powered, illegal firework exploded in a backyard — rocking a neighborhood with a blast so powerful residents thought it was a bomb.
The explosives detonated around 9:30 p.m. at a home on the 400 block of West 84th Street in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of South LA late Wednesday , according to the LAPD.
First responders found the boy in critical condition, and he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a local hospital.
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