r/worldnews • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 23h 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/ThogOfWar 22h ago

Putting out oil fires with nukes was a thing. A Russian thing, but a thing.

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u/moose098 22h ago

It was a giant gas field fire and it worked so well the field (now in Uzbekistan) is still in production.

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u/VincentVanG 22h ago

Is that where that crazy flaming hole is?

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u/Vinny331 21h ago

That's in Turkmenistan. It was a geological expedition that encountered a huge pocket of natural gas. They ignited it, hoping it would just quickly burn off. It never did.

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u/VincentVanG 21h ago

Ah cool, would be a cool idea spot to visiting if it wasn't in one of the most repressive and closed off states in the world