EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — A fifth Canadian soldier has died from injuries suffered when a wind-driven grass fire swept through troops during a military training exercise last month, the Canadian Armed Forces said Saturday.

Pvt. William Douglas Dal Bianco died Friday at a hospital in Ontario, where he had been receiving treatment since the Oct. 17 fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, the military said.

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