THE DAILY BEAST
At least 16 people were injured after an explosion at an FBI training facility in California on Wednesday, police confirmed, with at least 13 people suffering “dizziness and ringing to their ears.”
According to the Orange County Sheriff, multiple members of the OC Sheriff SWAT team were injured during its annual joint training exercise with the Sheriff’s Hazardous Devices Section–otherwise known as the bomb squad–at the FBI Special Agent Jerry Crowe Regional Tactical Training Facility in Irvine.
“During the training, an explosion occurred indoors causing injuries to sixteen members of the SWAT team,” a statement said, without going into further detail on the nature of the explosion or the type of training being undertaken at the time. The Orange County Fire Authority told NBC Los Angeles that the explosion took place at 12:54 p.m. local time.
Fifteen members were transported to local hospitals by ambulance, while one of the injured transported himself, police said. One requires surgery to a non-life threatening leg injury while another suffered a superficial injury to his leg. A third suffered a superficial injury to his back.
