在加拿大军事基地现场留下的悼念死者士兵的花束 榴弹发射器引发火灾，导致加拿大一处军事基地四名士兵死亡、数十人受伤。
Tributes to the dead soldiers have been left at the site Credit The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov Andrea Hamblin 4:57am BST A grenade launcher sparked a fire that killed four soldiers and injured dozens more at a Canadian military base, officials said on Thursday.
军士长摩根·黄、列兵肖恩·法雷尔、列兵艾丹·古尔丁和列兵海登·利克马克在阿尔伯塔省韦恩赖特基地参加实弹训练演习时被大火困住，不幸遇难。
Sgt Morgan Wong and Pte Shaun Farrell, Pte Aidan Goulding and Pte Hayden Lykkemark died when the blaze trapped troops participating in a live-fire training exercise at the Wainwright base in Alberta.
事故发生在周六（27日），另有39名士兵受伤，截至周四仍有27人住院治疗，其中部分伤势危重。
Another 39 soldiers were injured in the incident on Saturday, 27 of whom remained in hospital on Thursday, some in a critical condition.
死者家属和官方周四举行新闻发布会，高级军方官员承诺将调查系统性失职是否导致了这起事故，这是加拿大军队最严重的和平时期悲剧之一。
Families of the dead soldiers and officials held press conferences on Thursday, where senior military figures promised to investigate whether systemic failures contributed to the incident, one of the Canadian military’s worst peacetime tragedies.
“无论真相多么残酷，我们都不会回避答案，”少将韦德·拉特兰德表示。
“We will not shy away from answers, whatever hard truths they may reveal,” Maj Gen Wade Rutland said.
军事警察指挥官、准将瓦妮莎·汉拉汉表示，初步调查显示，大火是在基地的自动榴弹发射器射击场的例行训练活动中引燃的。
Brig Vanessa Hanrahan, commander of the military police, said initial investigations found that the fire ignited on the base’s automatic grenade launcher range during routine training activities.
“随后风向和风速的变化显著增加了火势的强度，”汉拉汉准将补充道。
“A subsequent change in wind direction and velocity significantly increased the fire’s intensity,” Brig Hanrahan added.
一张卫星图像显示了加拿大韦恩赖特部队基地的烧毁区域 ”扑救火灾。当时担心消防员可能踩到手榴弹、地雷等未爆弹药。
A satellite image shows the burnt area at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright Reuters/Planet Labs Firefighters were called but were initially unable to combat the blaze because it was too risky for them to enter a “permanent danger area” of the military range, she said. There had been fears firefighters could step on unexploded ordnance such as grenades and landmines.
大火蔓延至一处训练区，那里有士兵两人一组、轮流掩护、向目标发起进攻。数十人被困在火势路径上。
The blaze spread to a training area where soldiers working in pairs to attack a target while taking turns to cover each other. Dozens of people were caught in the fire’s path.
大风速度超过每小时60英里（约97公里），助长了火势，进一步阻碍了消防队员的灭火工作。他们一直奋战到深夜，以保护拥有7000名居民的韦恩赖特镇。
Fire crews’ efforts were further hampered as winds of more than 60mph fuelled the flames. They worked late into the night to protect the town of Wainwright, home to 7,000 people.
加拿大环境部当天下午曾针对阿尔伯塔省中部和南部发布大风警告。周六晚上，当地医院人满为患。加通社/约翰·乌兰 摄拉特兰少将此前表示，训练演习期间风速为每小时31英里（约50公里），但随后突然增大。
Environment Canada had issued a warning of strong winds in central and southern Alberta that afternoon. Hospitals in the area were overwhelmed on Saturday night The Canadian Press/John Ulan Maj Gen Rutland previously said winds had been 31mph during the training exercise but suddenly picked up.
他说：“我确实从未见过这样的情况，”并补充称，火焰在不到一分钟的时间里蔓延了半英里多（约800多米）。
“I’ve certainly never seen anything like it,” he said, adding that flames travelled more than half a mile in under one minute.
汉拉汉准将还确认，没有迹象表明天然气基础设施位于火势蔓延路径上，并且与早先的报道相反，并未发生“爆炸”。
Brig Hanrahan also confirmed that there was no indication that natural gas infrastructure had been in the line of the fire and that, contrary to earlier reports, no “explosion” had occurred.
约1300名军职人员驻扎在韦恩赖特基地，这是加拿大武装部队运营的最大基地之一。该基地定期举办涉及北约成员国军事人员的训练演习。
About 1,300 staff are stationed at Wainwright, one of the largest bases operated by the Canadian armed forces. It regularly hosts training exercises involving military staff from Nato countries.
军方和民间机构正在对这起悲剧开展三项独立调查，并向悲痛的家属保证将进行彻底审查。
Military and civilian agencies are conducting three separate investigations into the tragedy and assured grieving families of a thorough review.
法雷尔列兵的母亲帕特里夏·法雷尔感谢公众的支持，并表示得知儿子是在追求梦想职业的过程中去世，这让她感到欣慰。她补充道：“我仿佛看到他在看着我，说：‘我很开心。这是我想做的事’。”
Patricia Farrell, the mother of Pte Farrell, thanked the public for its support and said she took comfort knowing her son had died pursuing his dream career. “I see him looking at me and saying, ‘I was happy. This is what I wanted to do’,” she added.