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DEVELOPING · 18 OCT → 26 OCT 2026 · 9 EDITIONS · 59 OUTLETS

Four Canadian soldiers killed as fast-moving grass fire sweeps Alberta base

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 29 59 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 18 Oct 18:21 UTC · Four service members killed as major fire hits Alberta military base 18 Oct 18:54 UTC · At Least Four Killed in Fire at Canadian Forces Base in Alberta 18 Oct 19:13 UTC · Four service members killed, dozens injured in fire at Alberta military base 19 Oct 00:08 UTC · Four Canadian service members killed in fire at Alberta military base 19 Oct 06:10 UTC · Four soldiers killed, 39 hospitalized after fire at Alberta military base 19 Oct 12:09 UTC · Four soldiers killed as wind-driven fire sweeps Canadian military base 19 Oct 13:34 UTC · Four Canadian soldiers killed as fast-moving grass fire sweeps Alberta base

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES

  1. 18 Oct, 18:21 UTC

    Four service members killed as major fire hits Alberta military base

  2. 18 Oct, 18:54 UTC

    At Least Four Killed in Fire at Canadian Forces Base in Alberta

  3. 18 Oct, 19:13 UTC

    Four service members killed, dozens injured in fire at Alberta military base

  4. 19 Oct, 00:08 UTC

    Four Canadian service members killed in fire at Alberta military base

  5. 19 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    Four soldiers killed, 39 hospitalized after fire at Alberta military base

  6. 19 Oct, 12:09 UTC

    Four soldiers killed as wind-driven fire sweeps Canadian military base

  7. 19 Oct, 13:34 UTC

    Four Canadian soldiers killed as fast-moving grass fire sweeps Alberta base

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Wade Rutland · from 18 Oct 23:06, 6 outlets
  • Princess Patricia · from 18 Oct 23:06, 5 outlets
  • Canadian Division · from 18 Oct 23:43, 3 outlets
  • 19 people critical · from 19 Oct 00:51, 3 outlets
  • 50 km hour · from 19 Oct 00:51, 3 outlets
  • 39 people hospitals · from 19 Oct 04:02, 2 outlets
  • 210 km west · from 19 Oct 04:02, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • military civilian: 1,310 (3 from 18 Oct 18:17) → 1310 (1 from 18 Oct 18:17)
  • km hour: 96 (1 from 19 Oct 00:51) → 50 (3 from 19 Oct 00:51)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.