Four people — including two deputies — were injured Tuesday, two critically, in an apparent explosion and fire on a training range at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic.
Firefighters went to the facility in the 29300 block of The Old Road at about 9:40 a.m. on a report of “an outdoor fire,” according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Crews on the scene reported that all four patients were taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, two with critical injuries and two with minor injuries.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which described what happened as a “training incident,” two deputies were transported for hospital treatment. The severity of their injuries was not immediately known.