Thread: Two Dozen Injured at Marine Base in Southern California

Two Dozen Injured at Marine Base in Southern California

As many as two dozen people have suffered inhalation injuries during a large training exercise at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, California, fire officials told NBC News.

No other details were immediately available, but a San Bernardino County fire spokesperson said the base wasn't requesting help from the county.

An official with the base hospital said that there were no deaths and that most of the injuries were related to inhalation of a substance during an integrated training exercise, a live-fire, "urban-operations" exercise.

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Training exercises at the Marine base at Twentynine Palms, California, in 2011.This is a developing story. Refresh this page for more.

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22 Marines Injured in Training Exercise on Base in Twentynine Palms

By Jason Kandel and Andrew Blankstein

Updated 24 minutes ago
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Twenty-two Marines were injured in a training exercise on the base in Twentynine Palms on Thursday.

Marines and sailors of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, were participating in Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 when a fire extinguisher system in their assault amphibious vehicle inadvertently discharged, officials said in a news release.

Base hospital officials said the service members suffered from "inhalation exposure" during a large-scale, combined arms exercise.

Those requiring medical treatment are receiving care at local medical facilities and are currently in stable condition.

On Jan. 24, a helicopter crashed during a training exercise on the base, killing two Marine Corps officers.

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