Clean-up efforts underway following train derailment outside of Kamloops.
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KAMLOOPS, British Columbia — Work to contain a fuel spill is continuing after one locomotive and 17 cars of a CPKC freight train derailed Saturday west of Kamloops.
British Columbia’s Ministry of Environment and Parks reports that the derailment occurred Nov. 1 at about 7 p.m., some 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) west of Kamloops. The cars involved included four loaded with aviation fuel, five with gypsum, and one with pulp products. The others are empty, although three most recently carried gasoline.
As of 9 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, one of the three empty gasoline cars is in Kamloops Lake, another is at the water’s edge and another is on the slope above the lake. One car of gypsum is partially submerged. Leaks from two of the cars of aviation fuel, which remain on the slope, have been reduced to “minor drips,” the government agency says, and have containment measures in place. Containment booms have also been deployed in the lake.
The Ministry of Environment said CPKC crews and equipment, including environmental teams, were on site as of Sunday evening to assess the situation and begin cleanup.
Water in the lake is used for the Savona Community Water system, which serves about 300 customers, as well as some privately owned water systems. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District said in a social media post that no risk was anticipated for the Savona system, while private systems are working with BC Interior Health to assess impacts.
