Live grenade training sparked deadly fire at Canadian military base, army says
Canada’s military disclosed on Thursday that a live grenade exercise was the cause of a recent deadly fire at an Alberta base, where four Canadian service members were killed and 39 people were injured.
TL;DR
- The fire was initiated by routine military training on an automatic grenade launcher range.
- Strong winds caused the fire to spread rapidly, catching soldiers off guard.
- Four Canadian service members were killed, and 39 were injured, with 19 in critical condition.
- 27 people remained hospitalized as of Thursday.
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the incident a major peacetime tragedy for the forces.
- The soldiers were training for a spring deployment to Latvia.
- Flags were ordered to be lowered to half-staff on federal buildings nationwide.