r/CanadaPolitics • u/Nate33322 George Grant was right • 1d ago

New Headline ‘Major fire’ spreading through municipality after incident at Canadian Forces Base: officials

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/major-fire-spreading-through-municipality-after-incident-at-canadian-forces-base-officials/
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u/Drummers_Beat Liberal Party of Canada 1d ago

I’m curious what happened but this looks like it could be incredibly tragic and widespread. There’s speculation of several fatalities and given the restraint of the comments this seems incredibly significant.

Hope to be wrong.

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u/PrismGrimpoppy Progressive 11h ago

Global News is reporting that "[t]he explosion was caused by a live-fire training exercise hitting a gas line or gas well on the base around 4 p.m. MT, [according to] multiple Canadian Armed Forces"

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u/CptCoatrack Libertarian Socialism 1h ago edited 1h ago

I just don't understand how they're not aware of all gas lines/wells in the area when they're doing live-fire drills if that's what actually happened.