Multiple people have been killed and others injured in a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Saturday. McGuinty described the situation as "active and delicate," with firefighting efforts ongoing and high winds worsening the blaze. The base is one of Canada's busiest military training installations.
Hospitals have received injured patients from the incident. A doctor quoted in reporting on the emergency described the scale of the situation as a "disaster," though the source material does not provide specific casualty numbers, identities of the deceased, or details about the nature of the fire or which buildings were affected.
McGuinty told reporters that authorities were monitoring the fire very closely. No further details about the cause, extent of damage, or timeline for containment were provided in the available information.