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Carney vows "we will get the answers" as 50 investigators dig into the Wainwright fire

The investigation into Saturday's deadly fire at CFB Wainwright is now one of the largest in recent Canadian military history — and the central question, asked in Parliament on Monday, is why soldiers were still training beside a fire officials knew was burning.

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They named the four soldiers killed at CFB Wainwright. Nineteen of the injured are in critical condition.

The Canadian Armed Forces identified the four members who died when a fast-moving grass fire overtook troops at the Alberta base Saturday. At a Sunday briefing, military officials said 39 people were treated, and described flames that crossed a kilometre in under a minute.

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Four soldiers dead, dozens injured: Carney confirms Wainwright toll, calls it one of the worst peacetime military tragedies

The prime minister said four Canadian Armed Forces members were killed and dozens seriously injured in Saturday's fast-moving fire at CFB Wainwright. The death toll could still rise.

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Fatalities confirmed after major fire at Alberta military base; Ottawa withholding casualty count

A blaze that broke out in a training area at CFB Wainwright on Saturday afternoon killed and injured Canadian Armed Forces members, the defence minister confirmed. Officials have released no casualty figures.