National Guard Barracks Smashed by Tornado, 14 Injured
By Dan Keane
16:29, March 4th 2008
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National Guard Barracks Smashed by Tornado, 14 Injured

Fourteen Arkansas National Guardsmen were injured late Monday night when their barracks collapsed during a possible tornado at Camp Shelby, their training facility, in Mississippi.

Camp Shelby is a Joint Forces Training Center about 75 miles Northwest of Mobile, Alabama.

“Fourteen members of the unit were taken to Forrest General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. We don't know the extent of those injuries yet,” said Lt. Col. Doril Sanders, Camp Shelby spokesperson, according to CNN.

The building's roof was partially removed allowing the rest to collapse.

Sanders said the cinderblock building that housed members of the 1st/153rd National Guard Unit was damaged about 11:23 p.m. Monday. He also added the identities of the injured Arkansas soldiers were being withheld until their families could be contacted. They were originally from Mena, Arkansas, but were training at Camp Shelby.

Five other Amite County homes suffered heavy damage, though no injuries were reported to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

According to the National Weather Service’s Web site, there were reported two tornadoes Monday in Mississippi, and numerous notices of hail and damage from high winds in a swath from eastern Texas to Alabama.

The service issued a tornado watch Tuesday morning for parts of Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, Georgia, and Tennessee.



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