Wainwright No. 61
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Oct 22, 2026
Wade RutlandSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A second platoon was soon after brought in to reinforce the Wainwright Fire Hall.
Wade RutlandSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They were joined by fire crews from the town, and Municipal District of Wainwright, and the fire was contained.
Wade RutlandSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
On the accident scene, our soldiers and medics began treating casualties immediately.
Wade RutlandSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They were cared for first in Wainwright, then flown to hospital across Alberta by STARS, Alberta Health Services paramedics, and Royal Canadian Air Force helicopters.
Bruce PughGUEST
They may have gotten up from a supper table with, or, or an event with their friends and their family and rushed to the fire hall, uh, and then raced to the base.
Bruce PughGUEST
We do have joint, uh, service agreements in place between the base and our, our local villages of Irma, Shavan, and Edgerton, and the MD of Wainwright.
Bruce PughGUEST
Um, and when they were responding is when I was made aware of something was happening.
Bruce PughGUEST
And then I, I heard, you know, sporadic, uh, communications of, "It's bad.
Eileen BellGUEST
And that just spread throughout that whole area.
Eileen BellGUEST
They Municipal District of Wainwright, same thing.
Eileen BellGUEST
Fire personnel came in from the town, from surrounding towns as well, all to be able to try to get that grass fire burnt down because with the strong winds, that grass fire could have turned and come at one of the communities, right? So it was, and it stirred up again yesterday, the fire did.
Eileen BellGUEST
And again, all the firefighters are out there taking care of that blaze again.
Danielle SmithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When crisis hit, Alberta's frontline heroes did not hesitate for a single second.
Danielle SmithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I want to express my deepest gratitude to our first responders, including firefighters in the MD of Wainwright, EMS crews, air ambulance teams and frontline staff for the remarkable work over the last 24 hours.
Danielle SmithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We are also thankful to our neighbours in Saskatchewan who did not hesitate to support our response with additional air ambulance capacity and to other provinces who have reached out offering their support and condolences.
Danielle SmithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As the Prime Minister announced this morning, we are aware of four members of the Canadian Armed Forces who are deceased.
Jessica CampbellCORRESPONDENT
So we know that there was a possible explosion in-- at the military base, um, which then a fire ignited from that training area at approximately four PM on Oc- on October seventeenth.
Jessica CampbellCORRESPONDENT
Uh, we do know the fire spread rapidly beyond the boundaries of the training area into the MD of Wainwright, um, and that we had emergency responses coming from both Alberta and Saskatchewan.
James MenendezHOST
So what, this was a, what, a live fire exercise that was going on, was it?
Jessica CampbellCORRESPONDENT
Yeah.
James CousineauHOST
Now, according to the Armed Forces and the RCMP, the incident began at approximately, as I said, 4 p.m. local time in a training range on the base.
James CousineauHOST
Now, Compounding the tragedy tonight are fierce weather conditions because wind gusts reaching up to 100 kilometers an hour have whipped the flames past the base's perimeter fence and onto the surrounding rural areas of the municipal district of Wainwright.
James CousineauHOST
Local firefighting crews, aided by resources deployed by neighboring Saskatchewan, are working alongside military personnel to contain the volatile blaze at this hour.
James CousineauHOST
Earlier tonight in Ottawa, Canada's Minister of Defense, David McGuinty, stepped to the microphone to address the nation and confirm the devastating news that lives have been lost.
12 MINS LATER
James CousineauHOST
problem with the fire that uh that was the result of the explosion and the explosion was not a result of the fire apparently now reports of that large explosion and there is no evacuation order at this time for the surrounding areas so important for people not to panic in the surrounding community of Wainwright and around the CFB military base.
James CousineauHOST
There is not a evacuation order in effect at this time.
James CousineauHOST
The Municipal District of Wainwright is reporting that the active fire area is south of Township Road 440 with multiple jurisdictions responding at this time.
James CousineauHOST
There is, again, no evacuation order, But stay tuned to your local news updates and emergency broadcasts to ensure that should an emergency update be released and an evacuation order issued, that you're aware of that.
Danielle SmithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When crisis hit, Alberta's frontline heroes did not hesitate for a single second.
Danielle SmithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I want to express my deepest gratitude to our first responders, including firefighters in the MD of Wainwright, EMS crews, air ambulance teams, and frontline staff for the remarkable work over the last 24 hours.
Danielle SmithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We are also thankful to our neighbors in Saskatchewan who did not hesitate to support our response with additional air ambulance capacity and to other provinces who have reached out offering their support and condolences.
Danielle SmithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As the Prime Minister announced this morning, we're aware of four members of the Canadian Armed Forces who are deceased.