In the wake of a deadly home explosion over the weekend in Trumbull County involving the manufacturing of homemade fireworks, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal is warning about the dangers associated with making homemade fireworks.

Last Saturday, one person was killed, and two others were critically injured in a home explosion in Liberty in Trumbull County. An investigation into the explosion by the State Fire Marshal’s Fire and Explosion Investigations Bureau revealed occupants of the home had been manufacturing homemade fireworks in the home’s garage. Investigators with the FEIB are continuing to investigate along with local, state and federal agencies.

In Ohio, it is illegal for anyone to manufacture, possess, use or store 1.3G fireworks without a specific

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