ESPARTO >> Three days after a massive explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Esparto left seven people missing and two others injured, the Yolo County Coroner’s Division confirmed the finding of human remains during a coordinated recovery operation Friday morning.

According to a news release, Yolo County personnel were granted access to the fireworks incident site, where they found human remains. No positive identifications have been made.

Recovery efforts are expected to continue throughout the weekend as investigators, coroner personnel and fire crews work carefully and respectfully through the process.

The Coroner’s Office has been in contact with the families of those previously reported missing and said they will continue to provide them with updates as information becomes available, according to the release. The identities of the deceased will not be released publicly until official identification has been made and next of kin have been formally notified.

The Esparto Fire Protection District requested arson and bomb investigators from Cal Fire — Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) to lead the origin and cause investigation. That investigation remains ongoing.

The explosion occurred Tuesday at about 5:52 p.m. at a fireworks storage warehouse in Esparto, located near County Road 86A and County Road 23, triggering a series of fires and blasts that were heard and felt as far away as Vacaville and Woodland.

According to a KRCA 3 Investigates report, the facility was using a property that was not zoned for fireworks storage but only for agricultural use.

To store anything other than agricultural equipment, the property owner would have needed a conditional use permit from the Yolo County Planning Commission. According to KCRA’s reporting, planning staff confirmed no such permit exists.

According to a PG&E outage map, power has been restored to most of the Esparto community, with spot outages affecting a range of 1 to 50 people.

“Firefighters are gradually provided PG&E access to the area, and as we gain access, our crews are able to make repairs and restore power to customers,” a PG&E statement read. “Initially, more than 2,000 customers were without power Tuesday evening and 89 remain without power as of Thursday morning, with most of them within the evacuation zone and are not yet home. We hope to have customers restored before evacuation orders are lifted.”