Three killed in explosion at LA Sheriff's Department training facility

Federal agents are investigating, but authorities describe it as "an isolated incident" with no further threat to the public.

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The blast occurred at around 07:30 local time (15:30 BST) on Friday at the Biscailuz Center Academy Training facility, which houses the Sheriff's department's special enforcement bureau and arson explosives detail, including the bomb squad.

The exact cause of the explosion is still under investigation, but Sheriff Robert Luna of the LASD described it as "an isolated incident". There were no additional injuries.

The three officers killed in the blast were "fantastic experts" and veterans of the department, each serving between 19 to 33 years, the sheriff said.

Authorities have not released the names of the deceased officers, citing the need to notify their families first. All three were assigned to the sheriff department's arson explosives detail.