The death toll from last month's blaze at CFB Wainwright, a military base in Alberta, has risen to five, CBC News reports. The Department of National Defence said Pte William Douglas Dal Bianco, of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, died in an Ontario hospital on Friday, almost four weeks after the blaze on 17 October.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, chief of the defence staff Gen Jennie Carignan, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre all offered condolences. The fire broke out during live-fire training, when a grass fire in a restricted danger zone that base firefighters could not reach was driven by sudden strong winds. It initially killed four service members and injured 39 others. Poilievre said 24 soldiers were still in hospital.
Source: CBC News