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No danger from fire, CN
says
Source: Prince George Citizen
Published: July 29th 2008
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The CN Rail fire that cast smoke over the BCR
Industrial Site Sunday prompted no health warnings
and posed no safety threat, officials say.
Personnel from the environment ministry were on site
Sunday afternoon as the CN locomotive burned, as was
the Prince George Fire Department, and neither
considered the incident significant.
"There was a malfunction during routine engine
testing on Sunday afternoon," said CN Rail
spokeswoman Kelli Svendsen. "The fire was at all
times contained and the local fire department
responded. The fire was extinguished shortly after
and there were no injuries."
Svendsen said "there was no effect" to CN's
operations at the rail yard. The only broad effect
was the cloud of smoke that caused an unpleasant
smell as far away as Red Rock, some witnesses said.
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