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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-18/explosion-la-sheriff- training-facility

At least three deputies were killed and another person was injured Friday
in an explosion at the Los Angeles County Sheriff�s Department�s Biscailuz Training Center, according to law enforcement sources.

The blast occurred just before 7:30 a.m. at the center on Eastern Avenue,
which is home to the sheriff�s special enforcement bureau and the arson explosive detail, including the bomb squad.

The injured individual was taken to a hospital after the explosion,
authorities said. Their condition was not clear.

Authorities were investigating and the cause of the blast was not
immediately clear. But preliminary information indicates deputies were
moving an unexploded ordinance recently recovered from a bomb call out
when the blast occurred, according to two law enforcement sources.

The bomb squad typically picks up potential explosives across the region
daily, but it�s a situation that�s always fraught with danger because it�s
hard to assess the stability of materials and their age, the sources told
The Times.

LAPD�s bomb squad responded to the scene to help render any other
potential explosives safe and the immediate area has been evacuated. The
FBI is also responding to the scene along with its bomb technicians, said
Laura Eimiller, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles office.

Employees told The Times they heard a massive boom shortly before 7:30
a.m. coming from the parking lot where the sheriff�s bomb squad keeps its vehicles. They heard glass shattering and screaming.

In the radio communications reviewed by The Times, a sheriff dispatcher
tells units that there was an �explosion with three down.� She later
advises that a sheriff�s weapons team leader said investigators should
�not approach� the scene at the time.

Officials covered the blast area with a large tarp. About 25 yards away
from the facility, the windows of an SUV cruiser were blown out by the explosion.

A sheriff�s helicopter circled over the area as multiple emergency
vehicles drove into the facility. Civilian vehicles were being directed
out of the parking lot.

�I am heartbroken to hear of the terrible tragedy that has unfolded today
at an L.A. County Sheriff�s Department facility. I am closely tracking the situation as we learn more about what occurred and the condition of those affected,� L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said in a statement. �My
heart is heavy, and my thoughts are with the brave men and women of the Sheriff�s Department during this difficult time. I stand with them and
their families as they navigate the hours and days ahead.�

The sheriff�s department has a history of dangerous incidents occurring at
its training facilities with at least four fires at its mobile shooting
ranges � tractor-trailers where deputies undergo firearm training � in the
last 12 years.

In 2023, two deputies suffered third-degree burns when a fire broke out in
a trailer at the men�s jail at Pitchess Detention Center.

Gov. Gavin Newsom�s office said in a statement on X that he had been
briefed on the explosion. The California Office of Emergency Services is �closely monitoring the situation and has offered full state assistance.�

Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi called the situation a �horrific incident� in a
statement Friday.

�Our federal agents are at the scene and we are working to learn more,�
she said. �Please pray for the families of the sheriff�s deputies killed.�

The Biscailuz Training Center was used for deputy training from 1946-84
when it was closed because of a lack of space. The 36,000-square-foot
training center was renovated and reopened in 2017.

The explosion drew several spectators to the edge of an artificial
perimeter erected by deputies as the investigation continued. The lack of information in the immediate aftermath of the blast spawned a string of theories by the small audience gathered at Eastern and Marianna avenues.

One man shouted questions to the deputies standing nearby. Another woman wondered aloud how such an accident could have happened.

Luisa Lopez, an employee at Medsco, a sheet metal fabrication facility,
said their machines had obscured the sound of the blast, but she became
aware of the accident when authorities began racing toward the facility.

�When we heard all the noise of the police we didn�t think anything of it because they pass all the time,� she said.

Delia Sanchez, who lives nearby in City Terrace, walks Eastern Avenue
every morning. The typically serene, winding road is lined with trees and allows her to walk right down to Cesar Chavez Avenue. But on Friday
morning, the area was buzzing with law enforcement responding to the
explosion.

�It�s peaceful here. I feel safe with them here,� she said, pointing to
the training facility. �I am shocked to hear that somebody was hurt.�


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