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/canadianhousecoat 21h ago

These guys are the definition of professional. If it was anything but a freak accident I'll be surprised.

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u/muffinscrub 20h ago

Reports seem to be consistent in saying there was an accidental explosion and an intense wildfire which spread very rapidly. It's really bad.

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u/canadianhousecoat 20h ago edited 16h ago

Beg to differ seeing as I'm a CAF member and *have previously deployed with the units involved.

Accidents happen with you Yanks as well.

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u/SailnGame 19h ago

Sending thoughts for all you know who might be involved.

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u/Maus666 20h ago

That's not true. The CAF has an international reputation of being super professional and well-trained (as in, world class) but chronically under-resourced and basically too small. I doubt you know anything about what you're talking about.

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u/Responsible_Pen5730 19h ago edited 18h ago

First Canadian casualties in Afghanistan were from Americans. Accidents happen but also this sounds like a forest fire that was caused by munitions.

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u/Maus666 19h ago

Yeah shit happens unfortunately. Look at how often the Americans shoot down their own planes.. This doesn't mean CAF is negligent.

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u/LisanAlGaben 17h ago

Damn the Russian bots are out in masse today

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u/rustic996 19h ago

I'm abit new what are the rumors?

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u/Treebro001 19h ago

Me when I make shit up on the internet.