Deadly blaze began as grass fire that wind whipped into ‘wall of flame,’ early military communications say

The Globe and Mail: “During training a grass fire ignited, and strong winds caused the fire to spread rapidly and shift direction; the fire shifted toward the personnel on the range and overtook their admin area,” a report from Saturday says.

A second report issued Sunday more describes the initial fire as “smoldering” and said it “blew over 1 kilometre” before a “wall of flame” engulfed the “administration area of the live fire training range.”

Two military sources confirmed the reports are authentic. The Globe and Mail is not naming the sources, who are not authorized to publicly disclose the documents…

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