Four soldiers killed after major fire at Canadian military base | BBC News

I’ve been to Wainwright countless times during my 30 years of service in the CAF Army. It has always been extremely dry, with winds that have blown me off of my feet. <br><br>With all of the live fire exercises and artillery, there are constant grass fires. They have many fire breaks that help control those fires but with wind gusts up to 100km/hr, the fires can jump those fire breaks. <br>✌🏻❤️🇨🇦

From Pat King-----Wainwright military base explosion
<br>As of 12:40am there are 7 dead, 25 in critical condition with 18 more in serious condition. 150 wounded and 20 missing.
<br>Too strange one day before separation election day. And surprisingly Carney just happens to be there. I believe strongly this was Muslim terrorism and sabotage. Or if not I believe the Feds caused this explosion (To bring Alberta to mourning and forget separation) They cannot afford to lose Alberta. It’s their cash cow and the oil is too big a profit to loose. The liberal government are pure evil and I wouldn’t put it past them. If they were going to loose 80% of there oil fields they would trigger a military action surely. Most nations and countries truly would do this as well if at threat to loose all there oil fields they would resort to military action even if some of there own civilians would be killed.
<br>This is very hard to believe that it was an accident. ? This is a massive base, Nato troops also train there. Has over 1000 personnel with over 650 military and 400 civilians working there. that has 180 gas wells (which are below ground 8 to 10 feet and protected by steel) Even a high explosive 155mm M777 large artillery shell would only penetrate the ground about 5 to 6 feet maximum. I doubt they use larger artillery they that there. There’s also two pipelines below the base but they are also deep and protected. There is serious safety measures to prevent any accidents from occurring, The live fire is restricted to a safe area, where it’s impossible to ignite the gas wells
<br>How on earth did this base operate without accidents and so many gas wells for decades if it was not ensured to be extremely safe. With daily live fire, explosives, anti tank rockets, grenade launchers, Tow missiles, mortars, mines, artillery and other weapons being fired daily for decades with no accidents and all of sudden one day before seperation vote Carney shows up and this catastrophe just happens to happen right on time ?
<br>According to local sources coming from the base a catastrophic explosion occurred, when an artillery barrage hit an active gas well, Triggering a massive detonation. The blast is said to have leveled nearby training facilities and buildings. A large scale fire resulted from extreme 100 kilometre winds afterwards which caused the fire to spread to a munitions building causing secondary detonations across the range.
<br>There is at least 2 major pipelines running under the base and military property data indicate roughly 180 gas wells have been situated across the military base property.
<br>A emergency doctor at Alexandria hospital in Edmonton told CBC there is so many wounded that the entire city of Edmonton and its hospitals are overwhelmed. He stated there is so many injured it’s too many to count.
<br>At least 150 wounded. 7 dead. 20 missing (Most likely from the explosions) and 25 in critical and 18 in serious condition.
<br>This is shaping up to be the worse loss of life for the Army in one day since Normandy 1944