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Carney Orders Flags Lower After Wainwright Fire Kills Four
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- Prime Minister Mark Carney ordered flags lowered after the CFB Wainwright fire killed at least four people.
- CBC reported seven deaths at the base, citing unnamed sources.
- Health officials declared a “code orange” mass-casualty response to coordinate treatment of injured service members.
- Defence Minister David McGuinty will travel to Wainwright for briefings on the incident.
- Air ambulances from Edmonton and Saskatoon flew patients to hospitals in Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Wainwright.