Six people indicted in connection with the deadly Esparto fireworks warehouse explosion returned to court on Thursday, where several relatives of the seven killed employees tearfully asked the judge

Thursday’s court hearing revealed new information about the cause of the blast and Machado’s alleged involvement.

Gary Y. Chan Jr. appeared in Woodland court for the first time on Tuesday.

A former Northern California sheriff lieutenant and the owner of a fireworks company have been arrested and charged with murder following last year’s horrific explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in Yolo county that killed seven people.

Five people have been charged with murder in a deadly explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Northern California last summer that killed seven people and injured two others. The owner of the company

The explosion last July in Esparto, Calif., killed seven people. Five of the eight arrested, including a former local police officer, have been charged with murder.

Samuel Machado remained held without bail in Yolo County custody after emotional statements from victims’ families and prosecutors’ arguments Thursday