On Friday, a Yolo County Sheriff's Office official confirmed to CBS Sacramento that Yolo County Sheriff's Lieutenant Sam Machado lived on the property, with public records showing Machado owns the property.

The property where the fireworks warehouse explosion occurred this week in Yolo County was zoned for agriculture and not for fireworks storage, according to an investigation by Sacramento TV station,

Seven were missing after the Tuesday fireworks explosion near Esparto, which gripped the small farming community.