One person was arrested after homemade fireworks exploded Tuesday afternoon at the Village at Tustin Legacy shopping center, according to authorities.
No one was injured when the fireworks went off and there was no damage, said Lt. Matt Nunley, spokesman for the Tustin Police Department.
Officers responded to calls about loud noise and smoke near downtown shortly after 1 p.m. Once they arrived, they evacuated a Bank of America branch and two restaurants “for safety reasons, not knowing what it was,” he said. Nunley.
He said the fireworks exploded next to a sidewalk, near an outdoor area with plants.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department bomb squad responded to the scene as a precaution, Nunley said, but the incident appears to be isolated. She said the rumor that the FBI had gotten involved was not true.
The scene was cleared around 3 p.m.
Tustin police officers detained a person who walked away from the area where the fireworks were set off, witnesses said. Nunley said the person was being questioned, but it was not immediately clear if an arrest would be made.
