More than 80,000 litres of aviation fuel spilled beside B.C. lake after derailment

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Nov 05, 2025 9:34 PM EST | Last Updated: November 7

UPDATE, Nov. 6 — Communities unopen h2o intake from B.C. water aft substance spill reaches 80,000 litres

An estimation shows that much than 80,000 litres of aviation substance was spilled successful a train derailment connected the banks of Kamloops Lake implicit the weekend. 

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) said connected Sunday that astir 17 obstruction cars near the tracks precocious Saturday astir 20 kilometres westbound of Kamloops, B.C.

The railway said 4 cars were loaded with substance and 5 were carrying gypsum, a merchandise utilized successful drywall, and immoderate merchandise had spilled from 2 cars. 

While preliminary estimates suggested astir 12,700 litres of aviation substance were released into the environment, CPKC accrued that estimation to 80,700 litres precocious Wednesday.

WATCH | Cleanup underway pursuing derailment:

Containment booms person been acceptable up successful the lake, and the ministry said successful an update issued Tuesday that aviation substance was transferred from 1 of the cars and would beryllium siphoned from different connected Wednesday. 

It says immoderate sheen from the substance was seen beyond the containment country connected the water owed to windy conditions.

In the connection precocious Wednesday, the ministry said 3 bare obstruction cars containing residual gasoline stay astatine the derailment site, with 1 connected the slope starring to the lake, portion the different 2 are successful the water. 

The ministry says h2o prime results that were collected connected Sunday and Monday person been received and reviewed by the Interior Health authority. 

CPKC says determination were nary injuries, and the origin of the derailment is nether investigation.