ALERT Uncontrolled fire in Canadian Airport is near explosive material; imminent explosion anticipated. State of Emergency has been declared.

jward

jward

passin' thru
R A W S A L E R T S
@rawsalerts

#BREAKING: A state of emergency has been declared due to an uncontrolled fire at an airport near explosive materials, with an imminent explosion expected

#HappyValleyGooseBay | #Canada

Currently, officials have declared a state of emergency due to an uncontrolled fire raging at an airport located in Happy Valley Goose Bay, located in the Newfoundland and Labrador province of Canada.

Emergency officials are on the scene and have reported that the fire started at an airport control tower and has spread to an area containing explosive materials, increasing the risk of an explosion. Law enforcement is urging residents to evacuate to a safe distance of at least a mile from the affected area while firefighting efforts are underway.

For public safety, homeowners are strongly advised against returning to their properties at this time.
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N

night driver

ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
"Sappers" are demolition specialists who open walls, or fences, or building walls.


A sapper, also called a combat engineer, is a combatant or soldier who performs a variety of military engineering duties,[1] such as breaching fortifications, demolitions, bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, preparing field defenses, and road and airfield construction and repair.

Sappers are also trained and equipped to serve secondarily as provisional infantry.[2]

Sappers facilitate and support the movement, defense, and survival of superordinate and allied forces, and impede those of enemies.

The term "sapper" is used in the British Army and Commonwealth nations, the U.S. military, and the militaries of other countries.
 
FreedomoftheHills

FreedomoftheHills

Contributing Member
Not just any airport...

Goose Air Base, Labrador

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Goose Air Base, Labrador​

Goose Bay, located in Canada's far north, has filled a variety of roles since it opened in 1941, but Goose Air Base always enjoyed an international flavor. From the early 1950's until 1976, Goose Bay was home to the US Air Force's 95th Strategic Wing, with some 12,000 American military personnel and family members living on the base. The Americans maintained a detachment at Goose Bay until 1991.

At the outset of World War II, the "Lend-Lease" agreement between Great Britain and the United States gave the US eight strategic military locations in the Atlantic and Caribbean, in exchange for fifty WWI destroyers. One of these locations became Goose Air Base in Labrador. Labrador is the largest geographical portion of the province of Newfoundland, Canada covering 294,330 square kilometers with a population of just over 30,000. The Goose Bay Air Force was built on a large sandy plateau near the mouth of the Goose River. Goose Bay's role has evolved from a wartime Trans-Atlantic ferry and maritime patrol base, through American strategic base and NORAD radar site to it's present roles as a low-level tactical flying training centre, NORAD deployed operating base for CF-18 Hornet fighter-bombers and airfield supporting a variety of aviation activities, military and civilian, in north-eastern Canada.

In addition to Canadian Forces personnel, 5 Wing Goose Bay is home to permanent detachments from Britain's Royal Air Force, the German Luftwaffe, the Royal Netherlands Air Force and the Italian Aeronautic Militare. More than 8,000 Allied personnel train at 5 Wing annually, accounting for more than 40% of the total annual number of foreign military personnel trained in Canada. Central Labrador's forest is regularly disturbed by low-level flight exercises conducted by NATO air forces at the Goose Bay air base. The Europeans train at Goose Bay because there is no suitably unpopulated territory in their own lands.


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CFB Goose Bay - Wikipedia

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Blacknarwhal

Blacknarwhal

Let's Go Brandon!
night driver said:
"Sappers" are demolition specialists who open walls, or fences, or building walls.


A sapper, also called a combat engineer, is a combatant or soldier who performs a variety of military engineering duties,[1] such as breaching fortifications, demolitions, bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, preparing field defenses, and road and airfield construction and repair.

Sappers are also trained and equipped to serve secondarily as provisional infantry.[2]

Sappers facilitate and support the movement, defense, and survival of superordinate and allied forces, and impede those of enemies.

The term "sapper" is used in the British Army and Commonwealth nations, the U.S. military, and the militaries of other countries.
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Sappers

Sappers​




When the Waters were dried an' the Earth did appear,
("It's all one," says the Sapper),
The Lord He created the Engineer,
Her Majesty's Royal Engineer,
With the rank and pay of a Sapper!

When the Flood come along for an extra monsoon,
'Twas Noah constructed the first pontoon
To the plans of Her Majesty's, etc.

But after fatigue in the wet an' the sun,
Old Noah got drunk, which he wouldn't ha' done
If he'd trained with, etc.

When the Tower o' Babel had mixed up men's bat,
Some clever civilian was managing that,
An' none of, etc.

When the Jews had a fight at the foot of a hill,
Young Joshua ordered the sun to stand still,
For he was a Captain of Engineers, etc.

When the Children of Israel made bricks without straw,
They were learnin' the regular work of our Corps,
The work of, etc.

For ever since then, if a war they would wage,
Behold us a-shinin' on history's page -
First page for, etc.

We lay down their sidings an' help 'em entrain,
An' we sweep up their mess through the bloomin' campaign,
In the style of, etc.

They send us in front with a fuse an' a mine
To blow up the gates that are rushed by the Line,
But bent by, etc.

They send us behind with a pick an' a spade,
To dig for the guns of a bullock-brigade
Which has asked for, etc.

We work under escort in trousers and shirt,
An' the heathen they plug us tail-up in the dirt,
Annoying, etc.

We blast out the rock an' we shovel the mud,
We make 'em good roads an' - they roll down the khud,
Reporting, etc.

We make 'em their bridges, their wells, an' their huts,
An' the telegraph-wire the enemy cuts,
An' it's blamed on, etc.

An' when we return, an' from war we would cease,
They grudge us adornin' the billets of peace,
Which are kept for, etc.

We build 'em nice barracks - they swear they are bad,
That our Colonels are Methodist, married or mad,
Insultin', etc.

They haven't no manners nor gratitude too,
For the more that we help 'em, the less will they do,
But mock at, etc.

Now the Line's but a man with a gun in his hand,
An' Cavalry's only what horses can stand,
When helped by, etc.

Artillery moves by the leave o' the ground,
But we are the men that do something all round,
For we are, etc.

I have stated it plain, an' my argument's thus
("It's all one," says the Sapper),
There's only one Corps which is perfect - that's us;
An' they call us Her Majesty's Engineers,
Her Majesty's Royal Engineers,
With the rank and pay of a Sapper!
 
Z

zeker

Has No Life - Lives on TB
at 911, when all planes were grounded,

goose bay and gander became the home of thousands of stranded folks, from all over the world.

the small settlements of goose bay and gander, opened their arms and treated the newcomers as kin.

at first, opening dorms, and on to having travellers into their homes.
 
FreedomoftheHills

FreedomoftheHills

Contributing Member

Update: Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP advises fire now controlled, residents to remain away​

April 20, 2024
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
News release

Images​

The remains of an industrial building that was destroyed by fire is pictured.
Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP is advising the public that the fires in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and on the Canadian Forces Base in Happy Valley-Goose Bay are now under control and there is no current risk of an explosion.
Firefighters battled the blaze throughout the night which caused extensive damages to a number of commercial structures. No one was injured.
At this time, due to structural instability, winds in the area and a number of hot spots, the following streets remain inaccessible:
  • Halifax Street
  • Toronto Street
  • Winnipeg Street
  • Ottawa Avenue
  • London Street
In the interest of public safety, home owners are strongly encouraged not to attend their properties at this time. Residents are asked remain at least a kilometer away from the area, which can be described as from the end of the airport to the docks.
A Fire Scene Investigator with Fire Services Division of Justice and Public Safety attends the scene today to continue with the investigation.
Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP thanks the public for their cooperation. Updates will follow as available.
 
llknp

llknp

Senior Member
Let me get this straight, a coastal airport whose tower is burned out, it is electronically blind. Local residents within one klic of the airport have been evacuated for safety and told not to return under any circumstances. What could be landing there that is so hush hush? Yeah, I know.... just because I am paranoid ..... :hof:
 
jward

jward

passin' thru
llknp said:
Let me get this straight, a coastal airport whose tower is burned out, it is electronically blind. Local residents within one klic of the airport have been evacuated for safety and told not to return under any circumstances. What could be landing there that is so hush hush? Yeah, I know.... just because I am paranoid ..... :hof:
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Dayum. You're good. Really. We shoulda gamed that one out a bit better - I just stopped at monkeywrenchers or actual accident, myself :: shrug ::
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
jward said:
R A W S A L E R T S
@rawsalerts

#BREAKING: A state of emergency has been declared due to an uncontrolled fire at an airport near explosive materials, with an imminent explosion expected

#HappyValleyGooseBay | #Canada

Currently, officials have declared a state of emergency due to an uncontrolled fire raging at an airport located in Happy Valley Goose Bay, located in the Newfoundland and Labrador province of Canada.

Emergency officials are on the scene and have reported that the fire started at an airport control tower and has spread to an area containing explosive materials, increasing the risk of an explosion. Law enforcement is urging residents to evacuate to a safe distance of at least a mile from the affected area while firefighting efforts are underway.

For public safety, homeowners are strongly advised against returning to their properties at this time.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1781504002422632921
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They need to decide is it Newfoundland or Labrador. It’s times like this when they need to be real damn specific or shut up! As someone who has a lot of family in Newfoundland this actually matters.
 
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