UPDATE (noon): CP confirmed to CFJC Today that one of its freight trains struck a CP vehicle on the tracks near Lafarge.
In an email, CP says there were no injuries and no derailment. The collision is under investigation.
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“It was empty grain cars. The only real struggle we had is obviously there is not hydrants out here so water supply was a little conservatory until we good get tender truck here to augment our water system,” Kamloops Fire Chief Ken Uzeloc told CFJC Today. “Once we got the good water supply it was easy enough to get it under control and extinguish the fire. They are just going to cool it down a bit and turn it over to CP.”
EARLIER: KAMLOOPS — First responders are on scene at the CP tracks near Lafarge east of Kamloops where a rail pickup truck is fully engulfed in flames after it seemingly collided with a train.
The commander on scene told CFJC Today that there were no injuries, and the train was not carrying dangerous goods. First responders are expected to hand the case over to CP shortly.
Sara King, a witness who passed by the scene, says the fire was confined to the tracks and there was no one inside the truck. She adds the smoke is mostly white and not black.
“I saw the train [arms] were down, but they came up right away and I didn’t see a train,” King told CFJC Today. “I drove off the exit, looked over to the left… and I thought the train was on fire at first because there was a bunch of smoke and fire from the train. It looked like the truck had collided head-on with the train. It was pretty far down the tracks and was already there when the train came.”
(Image credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today).
(Image credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today).This is a developing story, and more information will be added once it’s available.
