Explosion at Nevada military site may have killed "several"


(Reuters) - An explosion during a training exercise at a military
ammunition storage facility in western Nevada has killed "several"
people, with U.S. Marines among the dead, military officials said Tuesday.

The explosion occurred late Monday night during a Marine training
exercise at the Hawthorne Army Depot in western Nevada, said facility
manager Russ Collier.

Captain Nicholas Mannweiler, a Marines spokesman, said Marines were
among those killed but declined to specify the number of dead or the
cause of the explosion.

Marines spokeswoman Kendra Motz said "several" people had been killed by
the explosion, but declined to comment further.

Hawthorne Army Depot is a 147,000-acre site used for the storage and
destruction of demilitarized ammunition.

Update on MSNBC sez six marines dead.