Sixteen members of the Orange County Sheriff's Department SWAT team were injured Wednesday afternoon in an explosion at an FBI training facility in Irvine, according to authorities. The explosion occurred around 1 p.m. at the Jerry Crowe Regional Tactical Training Facility, according to Sheriff's Sgt. Frank Gonzalez. The SWAT team was conducting its annual joint training indoors with a bomb squad at the time, he said.
One person sustained a leg injury that will require surgery but is not life-threatening. Two others have superficial wounds, including back and leg injuries. The 13 other people went to the hospital as a precaution because of dizziness and ringing in their ears, but many have already been discharged. Gonzalez didn't have more information about what could have caused the explosion. 'That’s gonna be part of the investigation,' he said.
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