Sixteen members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department were treated for injuries, including at least one who will require surgery, after a blast during a training exercise at an FBI training site in California left participants bleeding, concussed and disoriented, CBS News reports.
Fifteen participants were taken to local hospitals for various injuries including two with serious leg wounds; one is expected to require surgery. One reported a back injury, and thirteen reported problems with their hearing.
The Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad and SWAT teams were using the site for a training exercise when an explosion went off in a small building on site, signaling the thunderous failure of that bomb squad crew in the test.