It happened at a military ammunition depot in Hawthorne, Nevada, Monday night (March 18). An explosion killed seven Marines and injured several others.

It was during a Marine Corps training exercise, and military officials are saying it was an accident.  Officials say it was not connected to the storage of ammunition at the facility.

The ammunition storage facility occupies thousands of acres of desert 140 southeast of Reno.

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