A train in Lytton shortly after fire destroyed the village (Image Credit: Global BC)

By James Peters

Transportation Safety Board

Transportation Safety Board to unveil results of probe into Lytton fire Thursday

Oct 13, 2021 | 10:44 AM

LYTTON, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will release results of its investigation into the June 30 fire that destroyed Lytton Thursday morning (Oct. 14).

On July 9, the TSB announced it would probe a possible connection between train activity and the devastating fire that burned through Lytton.

The fire came after three consecutive days in which Lytton set Canadian high temperature records as an unprecedented heat dome set in across the province.

Canadian National has maintained its trains were not linked to the fire.

On July 15, TSB Chair Kathy Fox said the fire was “a wake-up call” for railways to take greater precautions amid extreme temperatures and bone-dry conditions.

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The TSB says it will release an update into its investigation on its website at 10:00 Pacific Thursday before holding a media availability via Zoom one hour later.