Richmond/Lytton/Sparwood/Calgary (with files from TSB/News1130)- The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) deployed a team of investigators following a fire potentially involving a freight train in Lytton. There has been speculation and that a spark from a train started the fire. RCMP, CN and CP Rail have already launched their inquiries. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.
As well, TSB is deploying a team of investigators following a fire involving a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train near Sparwood (after a fire involving a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train there). Again, the TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.
The TSB receives between 30 and 100 reports of train-caused fires each year.
