Prime Minister Mark Carney said the “violent, fast-moving” fire in the province of Alberta was one of the worst tragedies for Canada’s armed forces in peacetime on Canadian soil.

A fire at an Alberta military base that killed at least four people and seriously injured dozens started with a smoldering grass fire that was whipped into a wall of flames by high winds, Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Sunday.

Four Canadian service members died and dozens of others were injured in a "serious incident" that sparked a fire at a military base.

FOUR soldiers killed in a military base fire have been named after a violent gust of wind sent flames sweeping through troops without warning. Sergeant Morgan Wong and Privates Shaun Farrell,

Multiple people were killed and dozens more were injured when a horrific explosion erupted at a Canadian military base, according to authorities and new reports.

The fire “ignited” in the training area of the Wainwright base on Saturday afternoon.

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