Board spokesman
The local school district says
The school, which is 200 metres from the rail line, remains closed and classes have been moved to a nearby elementary school.
CN has said "a small amount" of petroleum coke spilled into a nearby waterway after the train derailed.
Fournier says 20 cars were loaded with petroleum coke, seven with liquefied petroleum gas and one car that was carrying methanol derailed but remained upright.
The B.C. government's environmental incident website says the transfer of liquid petroleum gas from the toppled rail cars began Sunday and was expected to last several days.
Trains were moving past the derailment site and environmental water quality monitoring in the nearby waterway was continuing, it says.
CN said last week there were no fires or injuries.
Fournier says the derailment is still being assessed by the board, which sent a team to the site.
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