No investigation into derailment
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BRANDON — Rail-safety officials said Friday they would not be pursuing an investigation into a derailment that spilled 30,000 litres of a petroleum product on farmland near Carberry.
Canadian National, which operated the train, gave no further details on what investigators have found so far since the 13 cars carrying a type of bitumen left the track Wednesday evening.
The Transportation Safety Board described the accident as a “Class 5 occurrence,” meaning there will be no further review for “possible safety analysis, statistical reporting, or archival purposes.”
A TSB spokesman gave no cause for the derailment.
The rail company is responsible for both the cleanup and any compensation to landowners.
Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, the agency overseeing the spill cleanup, gave no indication when the operation might be completed.
“Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship expects the remediation efforts to be carried out in such a way so that all impacted material is removed,” a government spokesman said in an email.
The derailment is minor in comparison to some in recent weeks.
CN’s focus is on three derailments in northern Ontario, including two along a 40-km stretch of track about an hour south of Timmins.
The day before the Manitoba derailment, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt called on CN to testify in front of the House of Commons transport committee about the recent spate of mishaps.