一名军方官员表示，一场在加拿大西部军事基地造成4名士兵死亡的大火，是由一次使用实弹手榴弹的演习引发的。
A fire that killed four soldiers at a western Canadian military base was sparked by an exercise using live grenades, a military official said.
加拿大军事警察群指挥官、准将瓦妮莎·汉拉汉周四在记者会上表示，这场致命大火于周六在手榴弹发射器射击场的军事演习期间爆发，大风将火势推向整个基地。
The deadly fire broke out on a grenade launcher range during military exercises on Saturday, with high winds propelling it across the base, Brigadier-General Vanessa Hanrahan, commander of the Canadian Forces Military Police Group, told reporters on Thursday.
她补充说：“随后风向和风速的变化显著增加了火势的强度”，火焰蔓延至阿尔伯塔省韦恩赖特军事基地的一个训练区。
“A subsequent change in wind direction and velocity significantly increased the fire’s intensity,” she added, with the flames spreading to a training area at the Wainwright military base in Alberta.
汉拉汉还表示，由于大火发生在射击场的“永久危险区”内，消防员无法直接扑灭。
Due to the blaze being in the “permanent danger area” of the range, firefighters were unable to directly combat it, Hanrahan added.
大火于周六下午在高强度实战训练期间蔓延，参训部队为第3营帕特里夏公主加拿大轻步兵团的查理连。
The fire spread on Saturday afternoon during high-intensity combat training involving Charlie Company of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.
该军事基地位于大草原地带，地貌为广阔开阔的草原、起伏的平原和零星的树林。
The military base lies in the prairies, a landscape of wide, open grasslands, rolling plains and scattered groves of trees.
约84名士兵分别在手榴弹射击场和一个练习攻击模拟敌方阵地的区域进行训练。大火蔓延至第二个训练区。
About 84 soldiers were split between a grenade range and an area where they practised attacks on simulated enemy positions. The fire swept into the second training area.
4名士兵死亡，39人受伤，其中27人需要住院治疗。该事件是加拿大军队和平时期最严重的悲剧之一。
Four soldiers died and 39 were injured, with 27 requiring hospitalisation. The incident was one of the worst peacetime tragedies for Canada’s military.
这些士兵和预备役人员正在参加演习，为计划部署拉脱维亚做准备，加拿大军队在那里开展其最大规模的国际军事行动。
The soldiers and reserve members were participating in exercises ahead of a planned deployment to Latvia, where Canadian forces have their largest international military operation.
韦恩赖特基地是加拿大武装部队运营的最大基地之一。它定期举办涉及北约成员国军事人员的训练演习。
The Wainwright base is one of the largest bases operated by the Canadian Armed Forces. It regularly hosts training exercises involving military personnel from NATO countries.
二战最后几个月以及1946年的几个月里，该基地曾被用作德国战俘的拘留中心。
During the final months of World War II and for several months in 1946, the base was used as an internment centre for German prisoners of war.