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Four people killed in ‘violent, fast-moving’ fire at Canadian military base

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Prime minister Mark Carney describes blaze as ‘one of the worst tragedies for the forces on Canadian soil in peacetime’ Four people have been killed and dozens more seriously injured after a “violent, fast-moving” fire tore through one of Canada’s busiest military training bases in Alberta, the coun

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What the coverage shows

All seven outlets converge on the same basic frame: four Canadian service members were killed, dozens were injured, and Mark Carney’s description of the incident as one of the worst peacetime tragedies is widely quoted. AP and CBS lean most heavily on official wording and the fire as an incident at the base, while BBC and The Guardian foreground the death toll in more direct language. France 24 is the only outlet here to add specific hospitalisation and critical-condition figures, and The Independent alone adds a note about CFB Wainwright’s training-base status.

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