B.C.’s Ministry of Environment and Parks now says more than 80,000 litres of jet fuel may have spilled into Kamloops Lake after a train derailed over the weekend.

The Environmental Emergency Branch (EEB) says it was informed of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) train derailment close to Cherry Creek around 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1.

“The preliminary assessment is that one locomotive and approximately 17 cars, a mix of loaded and empty rail cars, were involved,” the EEB said.

“Four of the cars are loaded with fuel, five loaded with gypsum, and one loaded with pulp products. The other rail cars are empty, including three that last contained gasoline.”

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