EDMONTON (The Thursday Times) — Canadian Armed Forces ne Haftay ko bataya ke pichhle maah Alberta mein Canadian Forces Base Wainwright par live-fire tarbiyati mashq ke dauran hawa ke zor se faujiyon tak phailne wali ghaas ki aag mein aane wale zakhmon ke baais paanchwan Canadian fauji dam tor gaya hai.
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry ki teesri battalion se taalluq rakhne wale Private William Douglas Dal Bianco Jumme ko Ontario ke aik hospital mein chal base, jahan 17 October ki aag ke baad se un ka ilaj jaari tha, fauj ne bataya.
Chief of the Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan ne kaha, “Private William Douglas Dal Bianco ki maut par hum gham se nidhaal hain.” Unhon ne un ki khidmaat ko khiraj-e-tehseen pesh karne aur aag se mutasir hone wale tamam afraad ki madad ka azm zahir kiya.
Wazir-e-Azam Mark Carney ne kaha ke fauji Canada ke difa ki tarbiyat le rahe thay. Unhon ne social media par likha, “Roshan mustaqbil un ke saamne tha, phir bhi unhon ne hamare mustaqbil ki hifazat ka rasta chuna. Yahi khidmat hai.”
Fauj ke mutabiq 38 zakhmi faujiyon mein se 24 ab bhi hospital mein hain jabke 14 ko farigh kar diya gaya hai. Is maah ke awail mein fauj ne hospital mein maujood chaar faujiyon ko British Columbia aur Ontario mein un ke ahl-e-khana ke qareeb muntaqil kiya tha.
Grenade range par lagi aag
Hukkam ke mutabiq Edmonton mein qaim battalion ke taqreeban 84 fauji aik live-fire mashq mein hissa le rahe thay ke tez hawaon ne ghaas ki aag ko un ke thikane ki taraf dhakel diya. Usi roz jaan bahaq hone wale chaar faujiyon mein Edmonton ke 26 saala Sergeant Morgan Wong, aur Privates 23 saala Shaun Farrell, 23 saala Aidan Goulding, aur 19 saala Hayden Lykkemark shamil thay.
Canadian Forces ke provost marshal ka kehna hai ke aag maamool ki tarbiyat ke dauran aik automatic grenade launcher range par lagne ki ittila mili thi. Aag aik makhsoos “range danger area” ke andar jal rahi thi, jis ki wajah se barah-e-raast aag bujhana mehdood tha, aur din bhar us ki nigrani ki jaati rahi, yahan tak ke hawa ka rukh aur raftar badalne se yeh phail gayi.
Pehli Canadian Division ke commander Major General Wade Rutland ne pichhle maah sahafiyon ko bataya ke afsaran ko ghanton pehle aag ka ilm tha lekin ibtida mein ise khatra nahin samjha gaya. Unhon ne kaha, “Canadian shehri aur ahl-e-khana bajaa taur par pooch rahe hain ke yeh andaza kaise lagaya gaya, yeh kis maloomat par mabni tha, aur kya mukhtalif faislay kiye jaane chahiye thay.”
Military police is baat ki tehqiqaat kar rahi hai ke aaya koi faujdari ya service jurm hua, jabke aik alag board of inquiry halaat ka jaiza le kar aise waqiaat ki rok-thaam ke liye sifarishaat degi. Haftay ke bayan mein na kisi inquiry ke nataij bataye gaye aur na hi yeh ke aag kaise lagi.
Carney ise Canadian fauj ke liye apni sarzameen par aman ke daur ke badtareen saanehaat mein se aik qarar de chuke hain, aur waada kar chuke hain ke jawabaat “jitni jaldi aur shaffafiyat se zaroori ho” diye jayenge.
