10 People Are Injured In An Explosion at One Of Canada's Military Bases

One of the injured was airlifted to hospital in serious condition.

10 People Are Injured In An Explosion at One Of Canada's Military Bases
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Multiple people were injured in an explosion at one of Canada's military bases, according to local emergency personnel.

The blast happened at Canadian Forces Base Comox on Vancouver Island at around 9 a.m. PT on Thursday.

Photos posted on social media from eyewitnesses show damage to one of the buildings on the base and debris scattered around it.

The blast occurred in a former barracks building, according to Dean Stoltz, a CHEK News reporter at the scene.

The Town of Comox said that Comox Fire sent two engines and 12 firefighters to the scene for support but that their services were not required.

B.C. Emergency Health Services told CBC that 10 people had been injured including one person who was airlifted to hospital in serious condition.

In addition to the person who was airlifted to the hospital, the statement to CBC added that three people were taken to hospital in stable condition and six people were treated at the military base's medical centre.

The cause of the explosion is not yet known.

This article's left-hand cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.

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    Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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