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bdamomma

(68,902 posts) Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:47 PM Jul 18

At least three reported killed in explosion at Los Angeles sheriff's training facility BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4g6w5rw3kzt

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It's a fast-developing story coming out of Los Angeles right now, so here's a quick picture of the information we have so far:

What we know:

An explosion took place at the Biscailuz Center Academy training centre this morning at around 07:30 local time (15:30 BST)
At least three people were killed, according to the US Attorney General Pam Bondi
The FBI, arson investigators and a bomb squad are now all at the scene
What we don't know:

How many people were injured in the explosion
What the exact cause of the explosion was
The identities of those killed in the blast

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At least three reported killed in explosion at Los Angeles sheriff's training facility BBC News (Original Post) bdamomma Jul 18 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author CanonRay Jul 18 #1

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"Deputies were moving unexploded ordinance recovered Thursday night when they detonated" dalton99a Jul 18 #2

It wouldn't be the first time LAPD botched a detonation Renew Deal Jul 18 #5

How awful. My heart goes out to those officers and their loved ones. chowder66 Jul 18 #3

I agree NBachers Jul 18 #4

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dalton99a

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2. "Deputies were moving unexploded ordinance recovered Thursday night when they detonated"

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:50 PM

Jul 18

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/explosion-reported-at-east-l-a-sheriffs-training-center/

An explosion in East Los Angeles Friday morning killed three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies who were moving undetonated ordinance recovered the night before.

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