Fatalities as 'serious incident' causes fire at Canadian military base

Key points

• People have been killed and injured after a fire broke out at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, Canada's defence minister says. Strong winds spread the flames into surrounding rural land, and fire crews worked into the night.
• A doctor in Edmonton said patients were being taken to hospitals across the city.
• Defence Minister David McGuinty said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are involved in the investigation, and that authorities are still working out what happened.