7 Marines killed, others injured in Nevada training explosion

 Seven Marines were killed during a training exercise at a U.S. Army depot in western Nevada, Marine Corps officials said Tuesday.

The explosion shortly before 10 p.m. Monday at Hawthorne Army Depot also injured several others from the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, N.C., according to a statement released to The Times by Marine Captain Binford R. Strickland.

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At least eight injured were in  Renown Medical Center in Reno, Nev., where they were listed in conditions from serious to fair, a spokeswoman told The Times.

The identities of those killed have not been released, pending notification of next of kin, the statement said. Strickland said the status of the injured “will be provided as it becomes available.”

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