Explosion during training kills seven Marines

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | 8:36 a.m. CDT; updated 9:51 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, March 19, 2013

RENO — Seven Marines from a North Carolina unit were killed and several injured in a training accident at a military depot in western Nevada that serves as a storage site for munitions and an important training facility for special forces headed overseas.

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