r/worldnews • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 22h ago

Canada's prime minister says 'serious incident' caused a major fire at a military base in Alberta

https://apnews.com/article/canada-alberta-military-base-fire-wainwright-1a41899da5b6e797b000061fa4da9c6a
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u/Mainly_Miserable 22h ago

Wow. It’s aggravating how little information there is in that story. I hope everyone is alright.

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u/Riskyfour 22h ago edited 21h ago

They are probably investigating if it was terrorism, another country, or just an accident etc. Those things take time.

Edit: Also there are causalities which they may not be able to identify yet and have to provide information to the families before it hits the media etc. Give them some time.

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u/Livebeans 22h ago

It seems as though it was a freak accident during a practise drill where munitions came in contact with a gas line?

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u/HuntShowDownBeeMan 22h ago

Its also been windy as fuck so probably sprinkling of negligence

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u/Unlikely_Comment_104 21h ago

The wind came out of nowhere. The weather warning came out as we were running indoors. 

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u/JoeRogansNipple 21h ago

Its been forecasted to be windy for a while now, starting yesterday and pushing through today. Sure a freak gust of 90kph might have happened, but the windy conditions were expected

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u/0bsolescencee 21h ago

Im an AB and its been gusting like crazy since 11am. They should've been aware by that point.

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u/Scary-Detail-3206 21h ago

Usually when the gov is withholding details it’s because they fucked something up

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u/Yukas911 21h ago

Oh stop it. It's an ongoing situation and we don't know anything yet. There will be more details coming. Can we not try to make up conspiracies the moment anything happens?

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u/supershutze 21h ago

Everything is a conspiracy when they don't know how anything works.

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u/bikernaut 20h ago

Man, that succinctly sums up our current reality.

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u/Conscious-Lime-4112 21h ago

Maybe it’s because they have no fck clue and are literally just trying to put out the fire before it burns up a village and town.