加拿大军事基地火灾致4名军人丧生39人受伤

加拿大艾伯塔省韦恩赖特军事基地于10月17日下午发生火灾，造成4名军人丧生、39人受伤，其中至少19人伤势严重12。火灾由实弹训练引发1，在强风作用下以异常速度蔓延，从距训练区1公里外的位置在30至60秒内传播到军人所在地2。当时风速阵风高达90公里每小时2。

加拿大总理马克·卡尼表示，这是"加拿大军队在本土和平时期遭遇的最严重悲剧之一"12。官方已排除恐怖活动嫌疑2，火灾原因仍在调查中，预期至少需要一个月才能完成调查2。全国联邦建筑已降半旗向遇难者致哀1。

A fire broke out at CFB Wainwright, a military base in Alberta, Canada, on Saturday afternoon around 4 p.m. local time during live ammunition training exercises.12 The blaze claimed four soldiers' lives and left 39 others injured, with at least 19 suffering serious injuries.12 The four deceased personnel have been identified as Sergeant Morgan Wong, Private Shaun Farrell, Private Aidan Goulding, and Private Hayden Lykkemark.2

The fire spread with remarkable speed across the training area, advancing approximately one kilometre in 30 to 60 seconds, according to Major-General Wade Rutherford.2 Powerful winds with gusts reaching 90 kilometres per hour fuelled the rapid propagation of the flames.2 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney described the incident as "one of the most serious tragedies the Canadian military has experienced on home soil in peacetime."12 Authorities have ruled out any terrorist connection to the disaster, with investigators noting there are "no indications this was the result of terrorism."2 Officials expect the investigation to take at least one month to complete.2 As a gesture of mourning, federal buildings across the country lowered their flags to half-mast in honour of those killed.1 The base, located approximately 130 miles east of Edmonton, is home to approximately 1,310 military and civilian personnel as of 2021.1