Remains of 7 bodies recovered from fireworks blast site

By Michael McGough Modesto Bee Yolo County officials stated Saturday the discovery of seven bodies at the site of Tuesday s deadly fireworks explosion in rural Yolo County matching the number of individuals shared missing in the blast Yolo County Sheriff s Office spokesperson Lt Don Harmon noted Saturday just before p m that agents had located all seven and that they had recovered six bodies with recovery of the seventh in progress Harmon revealed family notifications were underway and that the casualties names would be issued once the recovery effort was complete and all families notified The Sheriff s Office in a social media post Saturday commented a controlled explosive disposal was being conducted at the site of the Oakdale Fire by regional bomb squads Cal Fire and the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives Sheriff s personnel commented the controlled explosions were to remove hazardous materials and that that operation was expected to be complete around p m Saturday The confirmation of seven bodies detected came a day after the Sheriff s Office and Esparto Fire Protection District reported human remains had been discovered at the blast site a pyrotechnics facility in rural Yolo County where the explosion sparked an -acre fire called the Oakdale Fire created additional spot fires and destroyed nearby homes and outbuildings Three of the published casualties were previously identified by family members as brothers Jes s Ramos Jhony Ramos Jr and Joel Junior Melendez Two additional people have been disclosed among the dead A GoFundMe page identified -year-old Carlos Rodriguez as one of the missing His wife Tiffany Nolan-Rodriguez and their children were facing an unimaginable ordeal wrote family member Jerlena Nolan-Butler in a community plea for assistance ABC communicated Our hearts are shattered she wrote This tragic accident has taken so much from so multiple The San Francisco Chronicle released that CWC Life a Manteca-based church disclosed in a Friday post to Facebook that Angel Voller a congregant also died in the explosion Our CWCLIFE family is heartbroken at the news of the passing of one of our sons Angel Voller Bishop Steve Perea wrote Please help us pray for Matt and Lica and their boys