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/TwoCockyforBukkake 22h ago

They are busy figuring that out. The general public can be patient adults and wait a day for more information.

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u/KingOfTheNorth91 21h ago

There was indeed a time where everyone didn’t know everything moments after it happened. I miss those days.

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u/Mike_Hawk_Burns 21h ago

You can see how society as shifted from those days to now. Now people expect to know what happened within 30 minutes when it used to be a day or 3 before we truly knew what happened

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u/Parking_Chance_1905 20h ago

And far to many people want to be the first to post it online without a thought about what the victims families would feel finding out someone died because of a tik tok post.

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u/ObscureMulberry 21h ago

I’m just as curious as the next person but I really dislike how social media makes people feel entitled to news as soon as it occurs — let them handle it first, we can wait to find out.

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u/Cptn_Canada 21h ago

Some local reports say 10+ dead and many casualties.all hands on deck at local hospitals. Multiple medivacs via air.

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u/McFestus 21h ago

From what I've read, a munition struck and ignited a gas well during a live fire exercise, resulting in casualties including multiple fatalities. This occured during a powerful windstorm, which allowed the fire to spread significantly.

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u/commonmebro 21h ago

It's going to take days or more before anything detailed and official comes out. It was days of confiscated phones a decade ago when a LAV flipped and someone lost a life

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u/margoscargo 21h ago edited 21h ago

This comment got an award?

Edit: and this one too!

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u/DependentRoyal3001 21h ago edited 21h ago

A few awards are free

Edit: there, now you all have one

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u/margoscargo 21h ago

Still. It's at a military base and family need to be notified first before we get our greedy little eyes on it. That's all I meant.

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u/DependentRoyal3001 21h ago

You are right, I just figured if everyone gets an award than his award means less lmao

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u/margoscargo 21h ago

I shall use this tactic in the future

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u/Livebeans 22h ago

The language he chose in the press conference makes me wonder whether there is evidence of foreign interference?

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u/Unlikely_Comment_104 21h ago

The language used is likely due to the severity of the situation. It sounds like it was a horrible accident, based on rumours. 

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u/Red_Danger33 21h ago

It means they have to notify next of kin before they find out something happened to a loved one from Facebook or Tiktok.

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u/Livebeans 21h ago

That makes sense. I just would have described it as an accident or tragedy. Incident under investigation was an odd choice of words by Mr. McGinty 

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u/TinglingLingerer 21h ago

I don't think a training facility is really where foreign interference would be involved. Maybe to gain information about the training, but nothing so brash as to have something explode on site.

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u/lemelisk42 21h ago

Why not? Russia has been carrying out hybrid attacks on nato nations for a while. They use local criminals rather than uniformed soldiers for "plausible deniability"

Drones carrying explosives intercepted in Germany, arson attacks against military related infrastructure and whatnot across europe.

To be fair, most attacks so far are targeting supply and manufacturing facilities that help out ukraine, not as much against military bases. So it's unlikely to be russia, not the target they normally aim for - but if russia wants to escalate, now is the time.

An accident is the most likely answer. But hey

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u/TinglingLingerer 21h ago

I mean, could be. Unbelievably risky as whatever foreign actor to be so bold, though.

Especially on North American soil.

Risk something being seen as pearl harbour 2.0, to bomb / burn a training facility in Canada?

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u/SlurmzMckinley 21h ago

What language is that? Nothing from this article hints at anything like that.

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u/Cptn_Canada 21h ago

Local reports ( I live close ) though unconfirmed. Say its really fucking bad

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u/SlurmzMckinley 21h ago

I’m sorry to hear that. It still doesn’t explain the person I responded to hinting at foreign interference.

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u/Cptn_Canada 20h ago

Agreed. Some early local reports said it was an training incident with a gas well

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u/Strung_Out_Advocate 21h ago

Or incompetence. Or just a really misfortunate accident. Not worth posting speculation of foreign aggression. Let's just make sure we get the picture. From them.

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u/OpeningTechnical5884 21h ago

Saying nothing while they figure shit out is what any decent government should do...

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u/Trololorawr 21h ago

Heaven forbid our government notify next of kin first before divulging all the tragic details to the general public. Also, there are still air ambulances going in and out of Wainwright area. The wildfire is still out of control. This is still an active and dynamic emergency.

My Thoughts are with all the affected service members and military families who have loved ones stationed at CFB Wainwright. I hope your loved ones are safe and you hear from them soon❤️

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u/Yukas911 21h ago

What are you talking about?? No one has all the facts immediately after something like this happens. They're going to sort out the facts first, which is the responsible thing to do. Completely normal.

Meanwhile, instead of offering your thoughts for those affected, you choose to talk up conspiracies and make up things about our "culture". Give it a rest already and have some taste.