# Deadly Fire At Canada Military Base Was Caused By Live Grenade Exercise, Army Says

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/deadly-fire-at-canada-military-base-was-caused-by-live-grenade-exercise-army-says/
- Published: 2026-10-22T22:19:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:09:25+00:00
- Original publisher: HuffPost (publisher lean: Far left)
- Original article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/deadly-fire-military-base-canada-grenade_n_6ada89e7e4b096020fa0cf6e
- Topics: Americas, Fitness, Health, World

## Key points

- A live grenade exercise sparked the deadly grass fire.
- High winds swept flames across the Wainwright base.
- At least four died and 27 remained hospitalised.

## Summary

A grass fire that killed at least four soldiers at a military base in western Canada was sparked during a live grenade exercise, a senior defence official said. Strong winds drove the fire rapidly across the base, making it one of the worst peacetime tragedies in Canada’s military.

The blaze began on the automatic grenade launcher range at the Wainwright base during routine training on Saturday. Twenty-seven people remained in hospital on Thursday, several in critical condition; the soldiers and reservists had been preparing to deploy to Latvia.

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