CN still tallying amount of oil spilled in Manitoba train derailment

By The Canadian Press

ST. LAZARE, Man. — CN says it’s still tallying up the amount of oil spilled in a train derailment on a ranch in western Manitoba.

Spokesman Jonathan Abecassis says wood chips are being mixed with the spilled oil and hauled away with the contaminated soil.

Oil still in railcars is being pumped out and removed for reuse or recycling.

The Transportation Safety Board says 37 of 110 railcars went off the tracks early Saturday near St. Lazare.

Those railcars were new versions considered to have better safety features than the cars involved in the 2013 fatal explosion and fire in Lac Megantic, Que.

Abecassis says further digging and backfilling with clean soil will be completed once the snow melts to ensure the site is restored.

Investigators say the train was rolling east at around 79 km/h when it experienced a train-initiated emergency brake application.

The Canadian Press

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