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Deadly ‘Incident’ at Canadian Army Base Sets Off Major Fire
New York Times ^ | Oct. 17, 2026 | Ian Austen

Posted on 10/17/2026 8:26:07 PM PDT by rdl6989

A “serious incident” at a military base in Alberta on Saturday caused a major fire and left people dead and injured, Canadian officials said.

“I’m saddened to share that there have been both fatalities and injuries as a result of an incident on the base,” Defense Minister David McGuinty said at a news conference.

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said in an earlier statement that a “serious incident creating a major fire” had occurred. In a post on social media, Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta, described it as a “significant and tragic fire” that was “affecting many of our brave military personnel.”

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TOPICS: Canada; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 202610; 20261017; accident; alberta; canada; cfbwainwright; explosion; fire; gasline; gaswell; isolatedincidents; wainwrightcfb

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There's still no explanation as to what happened.
1 posted on 10/17/2026 8:26:07 PM PDT by rdl6989
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Canada may be hiding something. No reason to hide an accident. “Incident” could mean human-caused violence. Canada has been vigorously welcoming savages from all over. I hope I am wrong.


2 posted on 10/17/2026 8:35:21 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: rdl6989

Some of those Africans Carney brought in to be officers running amuck


3 posted on 10/17/2026 8:36:50 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: rdl6989

Fire fire or gun fire . Did they issue live ammo instead of blank ammo


4 posted on 10/17/2026 8:40:59 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: rdl6989

You know it isn’t a Christian, white guy with a gun.


5 posted on 10/17/2026 8:42:06 PM PDT by alternatives?
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“There’s still no explanation as to what happened.”

I looked over a few sites and the only thing I can find it was caused by an explosion. The fire was blown over the fence into civilian land and they are still trying to get it under control.

wy69


6 posted on 10/17/2026 8:42:24 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: rdl6989

If it’s the Liberal imports Carney will cover it up like he does the rest of their crimes same as Trudeau did


7 posted on 10/17/2026 8:45:35 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: rdl6989

Related?

Carney brings federalist push to Calgary ahead of Monday’s Alberta referendum vote
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-poilievre-alberta-referendum-unity-campaign-9.7381890


8 posted on 10/17/2026 8:50:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Grok...

A serious incident at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright in Alberta on Saturday, October 17, 2026, caused a major fire, with confirmed fatalities and injuries.

Defence Minister David McGuinty stated there were both fatalities and injuries from an incident on the base. He described the situation as “very, very active and delicate,” said the fire was still being monitored closely, and noted he could not recall anything similar in recent memory. Exact casualty numbers and the precise cause have not been released.

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Cause

The cause remains under investigation by the Canadian military and RCMP. Some early reports (including from Alberta MP Dane Lloyd) described an explosion followed by the fire and “significant casualties,” but officials have not confirmed the details of any explosion or whether weapons, ammunition, or a training activity were involved. Speculation circulating online (e.g., related to live-fire exercises) is unconfirmed.

9 posted on 10/17/2026 9:22:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Here’s a live coverage that just started. Not much info yet.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ARqq46kGFfo


10 posted on 10/17/2026 9:43:33 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: PghBaldy

Since Canada’s recent source of recruits has been the dregs of the millions of Pakistani, Hindu Indians, and Moslem Indians, one should view this incident with extreme suspicion...


11 posted on 10/17/2026 11:10:25 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: rdl6989

I really don’t like innuendo, euphemisms, coy remarks and vague words like “incident” in the news.

It annoyingly teases and is actually insulting to our intelligence.


12 posted on 10/17/2026 11:15:50 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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The explosion was caused by a live-fire training exercise hitting a gas line or gas well on the base around 4 p.m. MT, multiple Canadian Armed Forces sources told Global News... -- Global News

Sounds like somebody screwed up... A live fire exercise by a gas line, or gas well doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Then again... There is a lot of gas and oil in Alberta... Maybe it was an abandoned well that had been forgotten.

13 posted on 10/18/2026 1:15:13 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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Some hosers did something?


14 posted on 10/18/2026 2:04:10 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: rdl6989

A live-fire training exercise hit a gas line or gas well on the base causing an explosion around 4 p.m. MT, multiple Canadian Armed Forces sources told Global News.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/breaking-massive-explosion-fire-alberta-military-base-kills/


15 posted on 10/18/2026 2:53:02 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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To: PghBaldy

Moslems getting the Jihad up to steam? Italy are in flames. England will likely soon be burning. Church burnings in the USofA are common enough the rarely make the news. Will the West defend itself as it did in the Crusades and in the 1500s and 1600s? as Jefferson did on the Barbary Coast?


16 posted on 10/18/2026 3:24:27 AM PDT by arthurus (|l covfefe l| -')
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To: SuperLuminal

That and the jihads making up a significant part of the British military and probably the same in all the other European countries, maybe calling out the army to deal with the mayhem may useless to quell the insurgencies.


17 posted on 10/18/2026 3:27:54 AM PDT by arthurus (|l covfefe l|)
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...insulting to our intelligence.

You may not be their target demographic. Gotta spoon-feed the mouth-breathers in the audience.

18 posted on 10/18/2026 3:41:09 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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A lot of words to say nothing.

......

Guess?

Involves Nuclear and a foreign attack/espionage.


19 posted on 10/18/2026 3:53:01 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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You don’t have gas lines or fuel tanks on a firing range.

Sound like a possible off targe aerial bombing run.


20 posted on 10/18/2026 4:31:53 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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