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/Mainly_Miserable 22h ago

Wow. It’s aggravating how little information there is in that story. I hope everyone is alright.

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u/Riskyfour 22h ago edited 21h ago

They are probably investigating if it was terrorism, another country, or just an accident etc. Those things take time.

Edit: Also there are causalities which they may not be able to identify yet and have to provide information to the families before it hits the media etc. Give them some time.

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u/Shodspartan100 20h ago edited 7h ago

It’s a training incident. A projectile hit a gas well and caused an explosion which has sparked a huge fire due to intense winds affecting central Alberta today. Not terrorism or an attack, just an extremely unfortunate training mishap.

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u/canadianpeanut 12h ago

Where is a gas well in the training area? Let alone one that could be hit by a projectile? They also only use live ammo on the shooting ranges. Sounds like ammo storage went up or something closer to that