What Started the Fire Near Lytton, B.C.?
The cause of the wildfire in Lytton, British Columbia, is now under investigation.
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Vancouver Sun is reporting that Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has received information from the RCMP and B.C. Wildfire services that a freight train may have been the source of the fire, and has begun an investigation.
Some residents of Lytton reported seeing a wheel on a freight train shooting sparks as it went by, but neither CN or CP have reported this. In addition, the TSB does not know which company’s train was generating the reported wheel sparks. CN said the fire was not caused by any of its trains.
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