(Los Angeles) At least three people died on Friday in Los Angeles in a Sheriff’s services training center, the United States General Pam Bondi announced.
She spoke of “a terrible event that cost the lives to at least three people” on X. According to Fox News and the Los Angeles Timesciting police sources, an explosion took place in a sheriff’s training center around 7:30 a.m., located in the east of the city.
The office of the Governor of California explained that Gavin Newsom was informed of the explosion reported to the Special Operations Office of Sheriff of the County of Los Angeles “, in a message on X.
“A loud noise was heard in a training center located east of Los Angeles,” a sheriff spokesman told AFP, without giving more details.
“We are still trying to collect information,” he added.
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The event occurred at the Biscailuz Training Center training center in eastern Los Angeles.
“The thoughts of all” the inhabitants of Los Angeles “go to all the people affected by this explosion,” said the mayor, Karen Bass, said that investigators “specialized in criminal fires” and a “demining team” go there.
The images of the local chain KTLA, which flies over the area with a helicopter, show a person in demining outfit is busy around a truck that could contain explosives, which the police have covered by a large tent.
According to the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles sheriff services have experienced several accidents in recent years. At least four fires have taken place in semi-trailers where agents are formed in the past 12 years, according to daily life.
The authorities plan a press conference later in the day.
