US EditionRailways says rock slide may have caused B.C. derailment that spilled jet fuel
The derailment spilled over 70,000 litres of jet fuel near a salmon stream, with a rock slide under investigation as a contributing factor, officials said.
- On Nov. 1, Canadian Pacific Kansas City reported a derailment near Cherry Creek, about 20 kilometres west of Kamloops, that spilled more than 70,000 litres of jet fuel alongside Kamloops Lake.
- Mike LoVecchio said during a meeting Monday that CPKC is not ruling out any factor while asserting it has a "very robust" maintenance program and "Our investigation involves eliminating potential causes as well as naming them."
- Crews completed removal of the last car, and CPKC said two rail cars carrying jet fuel were involved in the spill, marking the end of site recovery operations.
- No one was injured and water sampling at Kamloops Lake has remained below B.C.'s drinking-water quality guidelines while testing continues, though Shane Gottfriedson, former Tk'emlups te Secwepemc chief, raised concerns about track maintenance near waterways.
- The Transportation Safety Board warned the probe could take years, and Mike LoVecchio noted concerns about a major salmon stream and a lake that was "full of fish" this year.
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Railways says rock slide may have caused B.C. derailment that spilled jet fuel
SAVONA, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Rail operator Canadian Pacific Kansas City says a rock slide may be partially to blame for a derailment near Kamloops, B.C., that resulted in the spill of more than 70,000 litres of jet fuel alongside a local lake. CPKC Indigenous relations and government affairs director Mike LoVecchio said during a public […]
SAVONA — The Canadian Pacific Railway Operator Kansas City (CPKC) indicated that a landslide could be partly responsible for the derailment near Kamloops, British Columbia, which resulted in the dumping of more than 70,000 litres of aviation fuel along a lake in the area. On Monday evening, at a public information meeting in Savona, British Columbia, Mike LoVecchio, CPKC's Director of Aboriginal Relations and Government Affairs, stated that the …
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