Yesterday at approximately 4:00pm a large fire broke out at a Canadian military base and spread quickly. CFB Wainwright (Canadian Forces Base Wainwright) is situated adjacent to the Town of Wainwright in east‑central Alberta.
CFB Wainwright is one of Canada’s busiest military training bases, where soldiers prepare for combat operations. It is home to the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre, which conducts realistic battlefield exercises, and the 3rd Canadian Division Training Centre, which provides military training. {LINK}
Media reports, citing unnamed military sources, {LINK} said that a live-fire training exercise hit a gas line or gas well on the base, causing an explosion that spread as a result of high winds. High wind gusts reaching up to 100km/h fanned the flames, causing the blaze to spread rapidly beyond the base’s perimeter and into the adjacent Municipal District of Wainwright.
A doctor at a hospital in the city of Edmonton, 180km (120 miles) northwest of Wainwright, told Canada’s national broadcaster patients were being brought to hospitals across the city as its health-care facilities became “completely overwhelmed” by the number of people requiring care. Today, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirms that four servicemembers were killed and several dozens were injured. WATCH:
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RIP fellow warriors….
Let’s hope your sacrifice was not in vane….
Prayers for the survivors….
Prayers for those killed and injured. Canada is gonna be a mess.
May God welcome those lost, and comfort the survivors. 🙏
Just mho, this does not look like a man that is grief stricken over the loss of life, but of one who is guilty and an accessory and is trying to act sorrowful. What a travesty! This man is truly despicable! May God have mercy on him.
And he’s got awfully bad (neck) posture too.
Sadly I fear it’s way worse than this.
Check out both pages of today’s Presidential Politics for extensive details from a wide variety of non-MSM sources.
They are being very vague with the news. They should have a clearer number of injured by now. Several dozens could mean anything.
Sincere condolences to the loved ones and best wishes for a quick and complete recovery for the injured. I may not agree with Carney politically, but I do not wish this sort of tragedy on anyone.
The memorial condolences are for Canada, herself. Way to go, green welfare state .
Trying to flex muscles you have not used in a long time can be very painful. Pray for the best for all those injured.
False flag.
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These national “leaders” who are forever role-playing, accustomed to deceiving, and obviously in over their heads, are completely useless when real time responses are needed.
His efforts remind me of the story about the boy who cried “Wolf!” once too often … and that is horrible because the families of those who died are actually dealing with the wolf. Now the wolf is here, and he doesn’t know how to make real comments. They will support one another–he is useless.
I made it to the two-minute mark.
The Canadian Carpetbagger doesn’t care how many lives of military personnel were lost or their families but the sympathy he will gladly soak up.
Not being tin-foil hat here, but isn’t Alberta the province that is supposed to be voting soon on leaving Canada? Haven’t heard much about that or I missed it.
No tinfoil titfer required me old China. 😉 But you did miss it.
It’s one of the recurring themes on both pages of today’s Presidential Politics wrt this incident.
I compare the declaration of Alberta leaving CN to US politicians proclaiming this time we will eliminate daylight savings time.
The Gang who could not shoot straight. But why should they since they dump all their defense needs n the US.
What a great NATO partner.
I can see why they prevented early full disclosure ……. calling it a delicate. matter first . Alberta, time to bail out of Canada and come join the Lower 48.
Live fire exercise, high winds, gas wells/lines…
Sounds like good planning.
Remind me to not call on the Canadians in a fight.
Maybe sometime in the past, but now????
Unless the weather is extreme and this wasn’t, training goes on. Military trains in all conditions. War is fought in all conditions.
As for the gas lines, there is more to the story that we have not heard yet. This base does a lot of training and those gas lines and wells have been there all along.
I thought the same thing when I read it, What could go wrong, high winds with live rounds next to gas lines. Something Liberals would think of doing.
Now 7 and nothing from the CBC. Many, many currently overwhelmed active care centers. Tomorrow, Alberta votes on their future.
My guess is they had some “nu-Canadians” training there who caused the blaze due to extreme incompetence.
Sorry for their loss. Isn’t Alberta voting for independence.
Stopped listening after the first ten seconds when he blamed it on a wildfire.