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"A Missouri Army National Guard field artillery unit training at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center inadvertently fired a 155mm artillery shell 250 meters 'off-post' from the installation into Franklin County Thursday afternoon.Officials have not reported any injuries as a result of the incident.The shell's impact caused property damage at a home east of Rattlesnake Canyon Road in Franklin County.\"I am relieved no one was injured,\u201D said Col. Ron Brazell, Fort Chaffee commander. \u201CHere at Fort Chaffee, safety is at the core of everything we do. As Arkansans who live and work in the surrounding communities, we are very passionate about ensuring this type of incident never happens again.\u201DVIDEO: Watch Emily's report here.Brian Martin and his wife, Donna, were not at home when the ammunition round hit their home. They said they were picking up pieces of shrapnel all day.\u201C(There are) holes in my roof that you could fit a coffee cup in,\u201D Brian Martin said.Martin said about half of the trees\u2019 bases were disintegrated in the blast. The damage makes the couple question how safe things are.\u201CI never thought it would happen here,\u201D Martin said.The Missouri unit was ordered to halt training, and the incident is under investigation by officials from Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, Arkansas National Guard and the Missouri National Guard.The firing unit was the Maryville, Missouri-based 1st Battalion, 129th Field Artillery Regiment which was conducting a live-fire exercise as part of its annual training when the incident occurred.Details of the incident will not be available until the investigations are complete.The homeowners said investigators were out looking over their property and damage until about 1 a.m."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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