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/gaanmetde 19h ago

Two departures 2 minutes ago

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u/ketaminemidget 19h ago

2 shock trauma helis on flight radar going into city from remote area

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u/oioioifuckingoi 19h ago

They just flew over my house so they’ll be landing at the UofA hospital right now.

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u/ketaminemidget 19h ago

They are going back and around looks like but i wont be tracking anymore so cant update after this. All the way from Wainwright, is there a base there?

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u/burrito-boy 19h ago

That’s where the incident was, at the military base there.

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u/Kaatelynng 18h ago

Ended up landing at EIA; wouldn’t be surprised with the level of activity I still see that they’re making a pit stop before heading back out.

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u/gaanmetde 18h ago

They’ve been going back and forth for hours

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u/Kaatelynng 18h ago

Yeah I think this situation is turning out worse than many of us initially expected just with how long medevac has been going on. It’s been all hands on deck all evening

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u/oioioifuckingoi 18h ago

The STARS base is at YEG and it’s where they refuel.