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Four service members are confirmed dead, with dozens injured, after a fire broke out at CFB Wainwright in Alberta. Authorities have yet to establish what caused the blaze.
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Fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta
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A grass fire during a training exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta killed four service members and injured dozens; 39 people were hospitalized with at least 19 in critical condition, the blaze spread beyond the base into surrounding rural areas, and the cause remains unknown.
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Guardian
Four people killed in ‘violent, fast-moving’ fire at Canadian military base
Prime minister Mark Carney describes blaze as ‘one of the worst tragedies for the forces on Canadian soil in peacetime’ Four people have been killed and dozens more seriously injured after a “violent, fast-moving” fire tore through one of Canada’s busiest military training bases in Alberta, Canada’s prime minister said on Sunday. Mark Carney called the incident “one of the worst tragedies for the forces on Canadian…
Sky News – World Sky
Four Canadian soldiers killed after grass fire spread 'a kilometre in 36 seconds'
Al Jazeera
How a grass fire at a Canadian military base killed four soldiers
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TIME
4 Dead in ‘Violent’ Fire at a Canadian Military Base
Four service members are confirmed dead, with dozens injured, after a fire broke out at CFB Wainwright in Alberta. Authorities have yet to establish what caused the blaze.
Politico
