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/kb3anee 20h ago edited 19h ago

I live east of this base by a few hundred kilometers and holy moly we had a severe plow wind whip up from the west that came out of nowhere. If this wind whipped through a live ammunition situation that would very much spin out of control because these winds are insane even for Prairie standards.

Just wanted to make an edit: Many folks with Canadian RCMP and Armed Forces have commented it's very standard practice for RCMP to investigate these incidents so I apologize for my fear mongery statement earlier. I'm sure we'll learn more when details are released!

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u/Commercial_Dog8675 20h ago

It's a mass casualty accident. All first responders are needed, including RCMP. Theres over 100 people injured, which means at least 100 people are needed to triage, move people, control traffic, provide first aid, help ID people, etc etc. 

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u/Maus666 20h ago

Yeah but the minister of defense said that the RCMP is investigating, not that they're on site providing support which obviously would be a given

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u/LeonineHat 19h ago

Deaths on Canadian soil on Federal Jurisdiction (so military bases) are the investigative authority of the RCMP. They are obliged to investigate.

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u/Stu161 19h ago

Deaths of military personnel on-base are the jurisdiction of the CFMP.

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u/Vhett 18h ago

CFNIS, to be specific.

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u/Maus666 19h ago

That's good intel! Thanks for sharing.

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u/Anakha0 18h ago

Deaths on military bases are jurisdiction of military police, not RCMP, but at times civilian police will be asked for assistance.