Fatal military base fire among Canada's worst peacetime tragedies, PM says
Key points
- A fire at a training area of Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta has killed at least four people and injured dozens more. The blaze broke out late on Saturday, local time, and strong winds carried flames into surrounding rural land.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney called it one of the worst peacetime tragedies Canadian forces have faced on home soil and ordered flags lowered to half-mast.
- Many injured service members were taken to hospitals across the province.
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