
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, October 13, 1994                   TAG: 9410130063
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE:    BOWLING GREEN                                  LENGTH: Short

2 MARINES KILLED, 13 HURT IN FORT A.P.HILL EXPLOSION

Two Marines were killed and 13 others were injured Wednesday when several explosive devices accidentally detonated on a firing range at Fort A.P. Hill.

The explosion occurred about 4:45 p.m. during a training exercise for clearing small land mines on the sprawling Army base in Caroline County, about 60 miles south of Washington, D.C., Army spokesman Maj. Dan Schmidt said.

The victims were in a group of about 20 Marines firing charges that detonate mines, he said. Authorities were unsure whether the Marines were injured by the charges or by an exploding mine.

The identities of the Marines, all of whom are from Camp Lejeune, N.C., were being withheld pending notification of relatives, Schmidt said.

Ten were being treated at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg. None of those suffered life-threatening injuries, said hospital spokeswoman Kathleen Kenny.

One burn victim was flown by helicopter to Medical College of Virginia Hospitals in Richmond.

The location of the other two victims could not be immediately determined.

Keywords:
FATALITY

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