Timeline: How the Deadly Fire Spread at CFB Wainwright
Emergency responders treated 39 patients after sudden winds pushed the grass fire through the training grounds, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed four soldiers died in a "violent, fast-moving fire" at Canadian Armed Forces training in Wainwright, calling it "one of the worst tragedies for the on Canadian soil in peacetime."
- Strong, sudden winds caused a grass fire roughly a kilometre away to jump fire guards, catching soldiers in the training area by surprise. Rutland said commanders reported the fire was "right on top of them" within a minute.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith deployed 30 emergency units, including eight aircraft, to Wainwright as hospitals declared a Code Orange. Reports indicate 39 patients were hospitalized, with at least 19 remaining in critical condition.
- Defence Minister David McGuinty promised to keep Canadians informed as investigations continue, with the Code Orange lifted Sunday. Training remains suspended, though the battalion is scheduled for a future troop surge in Latvia.
- Investigators do not believe natural gas infrastructure or outside interference caused the fire, though a full examination of field conditions remains underway. Rutland cautioned that determining what happened would take time.
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Timeline: How the deadly fire spread at CFB Wainwright
A fire that quickly ripped through a Canadian Armed Forces training ground in Alberta on Saturday killed four soldiers and injured 39 more. Here is what is known about how it unfolded: -- Maj.-Gen. Wade Rutland, commander of the 1st Canadian Division, ...
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The 4 soldiers killed in fast-moving fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta
WAINWRIGHT — Four Armed Forces members were killed when a fast-moving fire overwhelmed soldiers during a training exercise at CFB Wainwright, southeast of Edmonton, on Saturday. Dozens of others were injured, with 39 still in hospital on Sunday.
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