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Lytton Fire
Transportation Safety Board to investigate possibility train caused devastating Lytton fire
Jul 9, 2021 | 2:50 PM
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LYTTON, B.C. — Just as residents of Lytton, B.C., are returning to the community for a first look at what remains after they fled a wildfire last week, the Transportation Safety Board says it is sending investigators to the village.
The board says in a brief statement it is deploying a team following a fire that involved a freight train in Lytton.
A cause of the blaze remains under investigation, although local Indigenous leaders say train movement during drought-like conditions made people anxious.
Canadian National Railway has said its trains were not linked to the fire and Canadian Pacific resumed its service through Lytton on Monday.
