Death, property destruction and severe environmental damage could result from a fire that "will likely occur sometime" at an ammunition depot in the Halifax area, according to an internal military report. CFAD Bedford is approximately seven kilometres from downtown Halifax, across the Bedford Basin. A torpedo is unloaded from HMCS Victoria at CFAD Rocky Point, the west coast's ammunition depot, similar to CFAD Bedford. (Lookout/DND)Each military ship that leaves the East Coast visits the depot to load basic ammunition along with any mission-specific explosives. (Brett Ruskin/CBC)Fixing the Bedford depot "became a high priority" after an assessment in 2003, Darlington said.

Source: CBC News February 09, 2017 10:01 UTC