The board says in a statement the information came as a result of investigations by the RCMP and BC Wildfire Service into the cause of the fire.
The safety board says it is not yet known which rail line is linked to the train in question and neither Canadian Pacific Rail nor Canadian National Rail has filed any occurrence reports related to the
No cause for the fire that destroyed much of the village and killed two people has been disclosed, although local Indigenous leaders say train movement during drought-like conditions made people anxious.
Federal Transport Minister
The
Indigenous Services Minister
"At this critical juncture, it is imperative that we all listen to the voices of Indigenous leaders and engage meaningfully on a path forward that respects their needs and priorities, while ensuring rail safety and security," Miller said in the
More than 200 wildfires are burning in B.C. as a recent heat wave and parched conditions combined to raise the fire risk in many parts of the province to high or extreme.
Lightning also continued to challenge wildfire crews in the province, but the BC Wildfire Service reported some progress on at least one of the 15 most threatening fires in the province.
Hundreds of lightning strikes sparked more than half of roughly two dozen new fires recorded across B.C. since Thursday.
But the wildfire service said slightly cooler weather and modest rainfall earlier in the week helped crews build guards around the entire perimeter of a roughly three-square-kilometre fire that forced evacuation orders and alerts near
Strong winds this week near
It said firefighters, including 40 recently arrived from
About 174 fires have been recorded this week, 26 of them in the last two days, the wildfire service said.
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