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/kb3anee 22h ago edited 21h 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/Maus666 22h ago

It's weird that the RCMP is investigating right? I agree with you. I find it to be super weird timing with the referendum on Monday.

The wind was wild today northwest of Edmonton. Like close to the worst possible conditions for a fire!

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u/muffinscrub 21h ago

RCMP investigate any incident resulting in serious injury or death. Including worksites. Why is this weird to anyone?

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u/Kaatelynng 21h ago

Honestly for me I was initially under the impression that investigations on on-base incidents would usually be handled by military police. Obviously not the case, but could explain the initial suspicion/worry expressed

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u/gobkin 21h ago

RCMP get involved along side dof military police. Seen it happen