Sixteen members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Division SWAT staff have been injured Wednesday afternoon in an explosion at an FBI coaching facility in Irvine, in keeping with authorities.
The explosion occurred round 1 p.m. in a small constructing on the Jerry Crowe Regional Tactical Coaching Facility, in keeping with Sheriff’s Sgt. Frank Gonzalez.
The SWAT staff was conducting its annual joint coaching with a bomb squad on the time, he stated. The FBI wasn’t concerned and had lent them the ability for the train.
Fifteen individuals have been taken to native hospitals. One particular person sustained a leg harm that can require surgical procedure however just isn’t life-threatening. Two others have superficial wounds, together with again and leg accidents. The 13 different individuals went to the hospital as a precaution due to dizziness and ringing of their ears, however many have already been discharged.
Gonzalez didn’t have extra details about what might have triggered the explosion.
“That’s gonna be a part of the investigation,” he stated. “Attempting to determine precisely why that occurred.”
The Sheriff’s Division and the FBI are investigating the incident.
Instances employees author Richard Winton contributed to this text.
