South San Francisco police find $300,000 worth of fireworks in storage unit

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Police here made a bombshell discovery on Wednesday morning: more than 5,000 pounds of fireworks found in a storage unit, authorities said.

Police responded to a call at 10 a.m. that there was “a large amount of dangerous fireworks” in a storage unit at a facility on Oyster Point Boulevard, officials said.

The haul is valued at more than $300,000, police said. The South San Francisco Fire Department and San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad helped collect and store the fireworks.

Police asked anyone with information on this investigation to contact the South San Francisco Police Department at 650-877-8900. Anonymous tips can be emailed to tips@ssf.net.

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