A large-scale illegal fireworks show woke up many Long Beach residents late Sunday night and sent them searching for answers about what was going on.
Videos posted online showed dozens of rockets being launched from the Queensway Bridge on the city’s Downtown waterfront. Residents across Long Beach said they heard or saw the display that lit up the sky and left smoke wafting across the bay.
The fireworks display was not a city-permitted event, city spokesperson Kevin Lee said.
Staff at the Hotel Maya, less than a mile from the bridge, said they received about 20 noise complaints from guests unnerved by the roughly 20-minute fireworks display.
Facebook user Michelle Sevilla Kringen commented on a video saying she heard the explosions in Seal Beach.
Various views of the fireworks were shared online, including views from Downtown Long Beach and from Shoreline Village. A post in the Long Beach subreddit at 11:17 p.m. Sunday titled “WHY ALL THE BOOM”amassed 179 likes and 120 comments from equally …