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Train hits debris on tracks near Agassiz, spilling diesel; 121 passengers affectedOver in Italy, also on March 2nd:
All passengers had to get off after a VIA Rail train hit debris on the tracks east of Agassiz, B.C., Friday evening, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) tells CityNews.
Terry Cunha, a media representative for CPKC, says the train travelling from Vancouver to Ontario suffered damage to the locomotive's fuel tank, leading to a diesel spill on the railroad.
"Local first responders helped to contain the spill, and an environmental team responded to further assess and work on clean up," Cunha said.
He says he does not know how much diesel was spilled.
VIA Rail had to arrange alternate travel for 121 passengers, the company tells CityNews in a statement.
"VIA Rail called in buses and all passengers were transported back to Vancouver, Kamloops, and Jasper," it said.
No injuries were reported.
CPKC, which owns that section of the track, is now working with the RCMP to investigate the incident.
This was the third train incident in B.C. in two weeks.
Train hits fridge dumped on tracks at Pompei Locomotive damagedThe apparent spike in derailments is notable because they're occurring across much of the planet, but particularly in the West, and it seems to often be energy related cargo, and, in some cases, the authorities themselves are blaming 'sabotage':
Passengers on the Circumvesuviana railway in the province of Naples got a nasty scare on Friday when a train hit a fridge that had been dumped on the tracks in the town of Pompei, the home of the famous Pompeii archaeological site.
The locomotive was slightly damaged but no one was hurt.
A bath tub was dumped on the tracks in the same area on February 20.
"It is not an act of vandalism or a prank," said Umberto De Gregorio, the head of Ente Autonomo Volturno, the local public transport company.
"They are criminals, saboteurs, terrorists".
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