What’s being called an extinguisher explosion at the United States Marine Corps base in San Bernardino County is reported to have injured as many as two dozen people in a training exercise.
#BreakingNews – explosion of an extinguisher has injured up to 2 dzn people during a field training accident at 29 Palms marine base. #NBC7
— Monica Dean (@MonicaNBCSD) February 13, 2015
More than 20 injured in training exercise at Marine base at Twentynine Palms, Calif., fire officials say – @NBCNews http://t.co/QNxxP3xxkI
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) February 13, 2015
Desk Sgt. says #TwentyNinePalms training incident involved an extinguisher explosion of some sort @wkyc
— Grant deBruin (@GrantdeBruin82) February 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/MAlexJohnson/status/566037517330165761
UPDATE: Most injuries at Marine base related to inhalation of substance during live-fire, 'urban-operations' exercise @WKYC #TwentyNinePalms
— Grant deBruin (@GrantdeBruin82) February 13, 2015
Got a couple buddies in 29palms, hope everyone's okay
— Angel (@veranotverified) February 13, 2015
Worried about my friend at Twentynine palms
— (((Ben))) (@B_in_DC) February 13, 2015
prayers to them and families RT @NBCNews: Two dozen injured at Marine Corps base in Twentynine Palms in SoCal http://t.co/mwSmWetiJ9
— Holly Kristine ♫ (@mshollykristine) February 13, 2015
Fortunately, there are no reports of fatalities.
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USMC officials say 22 Marines w/ 3/2 injured when "fire extinguisher system within their AAV inadvertently discharged."
— Andrew deGrandpre (@adegrandpre) February 13, 2015
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https://twitter.com/jeffclement/status/566045478182465537
@jeffclement Sounds horrendous. Hoping everyone makes it through OK.
— Andrew deGrandpre (@adegrandpre) February 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/jeffclement/status/566047892260290561
The USMC has issued a statement on the accident.
AAV Training Mishap
22 Marines sustained injuries aboard @CombatCenterPAO.
Read More: http://t.co/1QqPh1711t pic.twitter.com/HFqhtlwmDZ
— U.S. Marines (@USMC) February 13, 2015
Twenty-two Marines sustained injures today while conducting training aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Marines and sailors of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, were participating in Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 when a fire extinguisher system located within their Assault Amphibious Vehicle inadvertently discharged.Those requiring medical treatment are receiving care at local medical facilities and are currently in stable condition.
https://twitter.com/gruntFWBpastor/status/566070055457148928
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