Fifth soldier dies after grass fire sweeps through Canadian military base

A fifth Canadian soldier has died from injuries sustained when a fast-spreading grass fire swept through a military training exercise in Alberta last month, the Canadian Armed Forces said on Saturday.Pvt William Douglas Dal Bianco died on Friday at a hospital in Ontario, where he had been receiving treatment since the October 17 incident at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, southeast of Edmonton.Four soldiers were killed earlier in the incident, while 24 others remain hospitalised, according to the Canadian Armed Forces.The fire broke out as troops from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, were conducting a live-fire training exercise.