Blast rocks FBI training facility — RT World News
The FBI has launched an investigation after an explosion at its training facility in Southern California sent several members of the Orange County Police Department's SWAT team to the hospital on Wednesday.
The officers were undergoing a training course with the sheriff's bomb squad when the explosion occurred, said Department Sgt. Frank Gonzalez told the Associated Press. He added that the explosion occurred shortly before one o'clock in the afternoon, and the cause was not immediately known.
At least 16 officers required hospitalization, but the worst injury was a non-life-threatening leg wound that required surgery. Two people sustained superficial injuries, while the rest suffered dizziness.
The facility, located in a remote area of Irvine, south of Los Angeles, hosts firearms training and evaluation for the FBI and local law enforcement. No FBI personnel were injured in the incident, according to FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller.
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