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2PPCLI deployed to fight Alberta wildfires

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A company from Second Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry was deployed from CFB Shilo on Friday morning to help fight wildfires in Alberta.

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A company from Second Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry was deployed from CFB Shilo on Friday morning to help fight wildfires in Alberta.

Around 75 soldiers loaded their gear onto three buses that headed out from the base just after 10 a.m. It’s the first time 2PPCLI have been deployed on wildfire duty this year.

Major Devin Kruk told the Sun before departure that they won’t know which fire they will be tasked with fighting until they arrive in Alberta and given orders by the unified command.

A full company of soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at CFB Shilo ready their packs for the journey west on Friday morning, following their orders of deployment to Alberta where out of control wildfires have destroyed possibly 50 per cent of the community of Jasper. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)
A full company of soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at CFB Shilo ready their packs for the journey west on Friday morning, following their orders of deployment to Alberta where out of control wildfires have destroyed possibly 50 per cent of the community of Jasper. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)

However, soldiers are likely to be put to work behind the frontlines, dealing with things like hotspots.

Between 30 and 50 per cent of the buildings in Jasper townsite in Jasper National Park are believed to have been destroyed by a fire earlier this week.

Read more in Friday’s edition of the Sun.

» The Brandon Sun

During a manifest assembly at the 2PPCLI headquarters, deploying soldiers on their way to Alberta get assigned seats to the buses that will take them from CFB Shilo on Friday morning. The company of approximately 80 soldiers is tasked with putting out hot spots and guarding entry points around the community of Jasper, where out of control wildfires destroyed nearly half the town this week. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)
During a manifest assembly at the 2PPCLI headquarters, deploying soldiers on their way to Alberta get assigned seats to the buses that will take them from CFB Shilo on Friday morning. The company of approximately 80 soldiers is tasked with putting out hot spots and guarding entry points around the community of Jasper, where out of control wildfires destroyed nearly half the town this week. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)

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