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16 SWAT Team Members Injured in Training Exercise Explosion

An explosion at the FBI training facility in Irvine, California, injures 16 SWAT team members, with one requiring surgery.

  • 16 members of the Orange County Sheriff's SWAT team were injured during a training exercise with the Hazardous Devices Section at the FBI Special Agent Jerry Crowe Regional Tactical Training Facility in Irvine, California.
  • The explosion occurred indoors, injuring 16 SWAT team members, with one requiring surgery for a leg injury, two others sustaining superficial injuries, and 13 experiencing dizziness and ringing in their ears.
  • 15 of the injured SWAT team members have been discharged from the hospital, with one still under medical care recovering from surgery.
  • The FBI is assisting the Orange County Sheriff's Department in investigating the cause of the explosion, which remains unclear.
  • No FBI personnel were injured in the incident.
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