EDMONTON, Alberta — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday that four service members were killed and dozens more seriously injured in a fire at a military base in Alberta, describing it as one of the worst peacetime tragedies for Canada’s military on domestic soil.
\n\nFire crews scrambled late Saturday as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area. The Canadian military said Sunday there were no indications that the incident was the result of terrorism, but the cause remained under investigation.
\n\nSpeaking in a televised address, Carney said the families of those killed had been notified and that the situation was still evolving.
\n\nFlags would fly at half-staff on federal buildings across the country in honor of those affected by the tragedy, he said.
\n\nIt was not immediately clear exactly how many people had been injured
\n\nCathy Keane, a mayoral candidate in Ontario, said her eldest son was among the military personnel critically injured. “As a mother, right now I need to be with my son and family,” she wrote on Facebook, saying she was traveling to Alberta.
\n\nA doctor at a hospital in the city of Edmonton, 180 kilometers (112 miles)…
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