Four Canadian soldiers are killed and 19 are critical after a wind-whipped fire sweeps towards a live-grenade training range in Alberta
Sgt Morgan Wong, Pte Shaun Farrell, Pte Aidan Goulding and Pte Hayden Lykkemark died at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright on Saturday. Infantry were doing 'high-intensity combat training with live munitions' when a grass fire 1km away swept towards them, Maj-Gen Wade Rutland said. Of 39 hospitalised, at least 19 are critical. The cause is still under investigation.
Prime Minister Mark Carney called it 'one of the worst tragedies for the forces on Canadian soil in peacetime'.
Officials say there is no sign of terrorism, but nobody yet knows what lit the grass.
An Edmonton emergency doctor called it 'a one in every 15 to 25-year disaster'.
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