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Story summary
- Prime Minister Mark Carney ordered flags at half-staff after the fire that killed four soldiers at CFB Wainwright.
- Major General Wade Rutland said 96 km/h winds drove flames a kilometre in 30–60 seconds.
- Four soldiers—Sergeant Morgan Wong, Private Shaun Farrell, Private Aidan Goulding, Private Hayden Lykkemark—were killed.
- Thirty-nine people were hospitalized, including 19 in critical condition.
- Twenty-two ground and eight air ambulances responded while military firefighters fought the blaze.