Small fuel spill reported after freight train derails in Delta, B.C.
Canada's Transportation Safety Board says it is sending an investigator to probe a train collision and derailment in Metro Vancouver, while a spokesperson for the company says no one was injured and there's no threat to the public.
A statement from the board says the incident involved two trains operated by Texas-headquartered BNSF Railway at a subdivision in New Westminster, B.C.
BNSF spokesperson Lena Kent issued a statement Sunday morning saying two locomotives and five cars carrying a variety of freight derailed at approximately 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
The statement also said no hazardous materials were compromised.
BNSF says the derailment happened near Highway 91 in Delta. (Shane MacKichan)
However, Kent said in a later statement to CBC News that fuel from one of the locomotives had spilled.
"We did discover some of [the] fuel from the locomotive that leaked and we are recovering any spilled fuel and remediating the site around the locomotive," she said.
A BNSF Railway spokesperson said that no hazardous materials were compromised as a result of the derailment. (Shane MacKichan)
Kent says there were no injuries to crew members, there's no threat to the public, and the cause of the incident is under investigation.
She added that it happened near Highway 91, south of Vancouver, where the line was closed to rail traffic Sunday to allow the cars to be "re-railed.''
The track closures meant that the Amtrak Cascades passenger train service was cancelled between Vancouver and Seattle early Sunday.
