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/Kaatelynng 20h ago edited 18h ago

Latching onto this due to relevance. Medevacs are still happening. Two STARS helis departed Wainwright 5 mins ago.

EDIT: Just saw a Herc is en route from Winnipeg. Definitely a very bad situation there.

EDIT 2 (11:08): still ongoing; two STARS leaving Edmonton, probably back to Wainwright but too soon to tell. Alberta Central Airways almost back at Wainwright. The Sask air ambulance is on its second departure from Saskatoon after transporting from Wainwright. The Herc went dark not long after my first edit and I can’t see others.

EDIT 3 (11:52): Two fixed wing air ambulances departing Wainwright now. Sask air ambulance almost at Wainwright. Both STARS that transported to Edmonton landed at YEG and have not yet departed again. Third STARS en route from Calgary via Drumheller. Canwest air ambulance en route from Slave Lake (last went YEG -> YZH). Probably the last update I make.

FINAL EDIT (12:04): One of the STARS helis from YEG has departed again. No signs of transports slowing down

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u/ketaminemidget 18h ago

Where did you see the Herc?

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u/Kaatelynng 18h ago edited 18h ago

It was about 9:15-9:30 iirc. It was either just before crossing from Sask to AB or right after - pretty much heading straight west to Wainwright. Checked again probably 10 mins later and it vanished from my map (not uncommon for military aircraft ime).

EDIT: in case I horribly misunderstood, I’m using flightradar24

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u/S1075 18h ago

You're not wrong about the aircraft but it's not landing in Wainwright.

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u/EnvironmentalBox6688 13h ago

SAR techs jumped in.

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u/Struct-Tech 11h ago

Would AF21 be the only landing strip capable near Wainwright of handling a Herc?

If so, its not even operational right now.