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Deaths confirmed after 'serious incident,' fire at Canada military base in Alberta

Global Published 18 October 2026, 09:49 · archived 18 Oct 2026

CALGARY: People were killed and injured in a serious incident that ​resulted in a fire on one of Canada’s busiest ‌military bases in Alberta, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Saturday. “I’m saddened to share that there have been both fatalities and injuries as a ​result of an incident” at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, ​McGuinty told reporters in Ottawa. He did not say how ⁠many people were killed or injured, or what caused the “tragic” ​situation at the base in the east-central part of the ​province, about 210 km (130 miles) east of Edmonton. A major fire was still burning on Saturda...

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