Fire at CFB Wainwright Kills and Injures Personnel as RCMP Probe Training-Area Incident
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Updated · CBC Sports · Oct 18
Fire at CFB Wainwright Kills and Injures Personnel as RCMP Probe Training-Area Incident
3 articles · Updated · CBC Sports · Oct 18
Summary
Defence Minister David McGuinty said fatalities and injuries were confirmed after a major fire broke out in a training area at CFB Wainwright, though officials have not released a casualty count.
Around 4 p.m., RCMP were called to assist at the Alberta base, where paramedics, military personnel and local responders were deployed and the fire was still being closely monitored.
Wainwright authorities said the blaze crossed the base fence, opened an emergency co-ordination centre and urged residents to stay away and avoid the health centre unless they had a critical medical need.
CFB Wainwright—home to 690 military personnel and 300 civilian workers—is Canada's principal live-fire training base, making the scale of the incident highly unusual for the armed forces.