Deaths in Custody
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Jeremiah Espino

52 years old · died May 11, 2015 · Fresno County, California

Jeremiah Espino, 52, of Sanger, was one of 11 people held in Fresno County custody who were taken to Community Regional Medical Center after a gas pipeline explosion on April 17 at the county peace officers gun range. He died there from his injuries, which the report describes as severe burns from the blast. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office has described the explosion as an accident. Several agencies are still investigating its cause, and PG&E and the county dispute responsibility for the pipeline work.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office attributes his death to a gas pipeline explosion at the county peace officers gun range, and the cause of the blast is still under investigation.

Reported by: Fresno County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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