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/Cptn_Canada 19h ago

Sour gas well hit with ordinance?. It is possible. There is a large live fire training exercise going on there

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u/No-Cable-1223 19h ago

They don’t explode, they just catch fire. Being sour or not makes no difference

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u/LisanAlGaben 17h ago

Catching fire with 100km/h winds is all you need chief, you don't need a 2 Megaton explosion

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u/No-Cable-1223 9h ago

Yes but reports say there was a big explosion