Fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta leaves casualties

‘CODE ORANGE’ DISASTER RESPONSE DECLARED in EDMONTON following WAINWRIGHT BASE 'EXPLOSIONS' & FIRE

‘HIGH NUMBER' OF PATIENTS 'OVERWHELM' city’s medical system as AIR AMBULANCES CONTINUE FLYING THEM IN

'MORE PATIENTS THAN ANY OF US WANT TO COUNT RIGHT NOW'

‘A DISASTER’

Canadian Military just accidentally blew up its own base by starting a prairie fire with an anti-tank missile, which ignited an underground natural gas WELL, which exploded and ignited the base munitions facility. Multiple deaths; local hospitals overwhelmed. Pray! #Wainright #CFB Wainwright CFB Carney Alberta Canada 🇨🇦

@GareyCozad @sentdefender Yes. The Keystone and Express pipelines both originate at the Hardisty terminal, about 35 km southwest of Wainwright. Both carry Canadian crude oil to U.S. markets.

My brother and I are researching this disaster.

Here's some notes from our reseaech:

1. Canadian parliament member is reporting a media blackout (grrr)
2. Approx ~5 aircraft appear to be associated with this event.
3. Current reported fire zone is ~2.5mi SE from Wainwright explosives storage. NASA FIRMS shows historical hotspots between current reported burn and explosives storage
4. Local resident reports seeing potentially up to ~150 casualties
5. Wainwright hospital is overwhelmed. Hospital is small, only ~25 beds.
6. Local school is currently being used as a triage center per local civilian
7. Photo evidence of ~5 civilian ambulances, at least 1 ISV, and other military vehicles being used to transport casualties
8. Local trucker reports support convoy heading to Wainwright ~1.5hr ago

Notably:
Edmonton hospitals (all of them) are currently operating between 97-105% capacity prior to incident, meaning the volume of casualties to overwhelm is relatively low (they have total approx 2500 beds). Wainwright would be overwhelmed by ~20+ casualties.

This appears to be an ammunition explosion during a training exercise resulting in a large, rapidly spreading fire that is current burning in a southeastern direction, with multiple agencies responding. There appear to be 100-200 total casualties with limited triage support available, exacerbating the emergency.