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A house fire was reported just before 12:20 p.m. in the 27000 block of Mandarin Avenue, according to the Hayward Police Department. Officers arrived to find a man suffering from injuries “consistent with a fireworks-related explosion,” police said.

Two people were hospitalized in critical condition after illegal fireworks being manufactured inside a home in Hayward exploded Thursday, authorities said.

The Hayward Police Department is on the scene of a fireworks explosion inside a house Thursday afternoon. Police and fire personnel are “actively working the scene” of the explosion, which occurred in the vicinity of Mandarin Avenue and Sumatra Street,