Sheriff’s deputies killed in explosion at law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles

“This is, unfortunately, the largest loss of life for us as the LA County Sheriff's Department since 1857.”

Three sheriff’s deputies were killed in an explosion at a law enforcement training facility Friday, LA county officials said.

The victims appeared to be handling explosives when there was a blast, sources told ABC News. The Biscailuz Training Center in Monterey Park, a Special Enforcement Bureau compound, also houses the bomb squad, sources said. The cause of the explosion is not known.

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