Spill incidents

Last updated on December 18, 2024

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Incident overviews

Incident overviews provide information on significant spills of oil or hazardous material in British Columbia.

These overviews are summaries about the incident location, scale, cause, response actions and environmental impacts.

Disclaimer:

  • Information provided is based on reports received by Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR)
  • Information provided is considered to be current at the time of posting, but is subject to change
Incident Date Name Source Nearest
Community
Spilled
Content
Dec. 14, 2024 Diesel Spill Lutes Creek Transfer Operation Zeballos, B.C. Diesel
Nov. 03, 2024 Hydraulic Oil Spill Union Bay Heavy Machinery Union Bay, B.C. Hydraulic Oil
Sep. 23, 2024 Discharges into Hope Slough Unknown Chilliwack, B.C. Unknown
Sep. 19, 2024 Red Bridge Fire Kamloops Fire Kamloops, B.C. Unknown/woody debris
Aug. 24, 2024 Motor Vehicle Incident Sicamous Transport Truck Sicamous, B.C. Diesel, Engine Oil
July 27, 2024 Motor Vehicle Incident Peachland Motor Vehicle Peachland, B.C. Asphalt Primer
July 17, 2024 Cloudy Substance Cecelia Creek Unknown Victoria, B.C. Unknown
July 11, 2024 Firefighting Foam Stoney Creek Storage Tank Abbotsford, B.C. Mixed Chemicals
May 21, 2024 Used Oil Spill in Fish Creek Unknown Charlie Lake, B.C. Used oil
Mar. 28, 2024 Sewage Spill Nelson Pipeline Nelson, B.C. Sewage
Mar. 9, 2024 Motor Vehicle Incident Valemont Transport Truck Valemont, B.C. Mixed Chemicals
Mar. 1, 2024 Train Incident Seabird Island Locomotive Agassiz, B.C. Diesel
Feb. 16, 2024 Train Derailment Revelstoke Locomotive Revelstoke, B.C. Fuel
Jan. 27, 2024 Fuel Oil Spill Saanich Private Property Saanich, B.C. Fuel
Jan. 21, 2024 Smoke from Burnaby Refinery Processing Unit Burnaby, B.C. Smoke
Jan. 20, 2024 Fuel Spill Gorge Waterway Unknown Esquimalt, B.C. Oil
Dec. 7, 2023 Landslide Chilliwack Landslide Chilliwack, B.C. Waste Oil
Nov. 19, 2023 Train Derailment Delta Locomotive South Surrey, Delta Diesel
Nov. 17, 2023 Transport Truck West Kelowna Transport Truck West Kelowna, B.C. Unknown
Nov. 7, 2023 Truck and Excavator in Pillar Lake Motor Vehicle Falkland, B.C. Fuel
Sept. 11, 2023 Pink Substance Guerin Creek Unknown Kamloops, B.C. Unknown
July 26, 2023 Fuel Spill Nanaimo Vessel Nanaimo, B.C. Fuel
June 15, 2023 Fuel Truck Spill Golden Fuel Truck Golden, B.C. Diesel
June 6, 2023 Recycling Facility Fire Kamloops Runoff Water Kamloops, B.C. Unknown
May 16, 2023

Hazardous Waste Fort St. John

Wildfire Fort St. John, B.C. N/A
May 4, 2023 Chromium Spill Merritt Transport Truck Merritt, B.C. Chromic Acid
Mar 10, 2023 Hydrocarbon Spill Delta  Unknown Delta, B.C. Hydrocarbon
Mar 6, 2023 Topsoil Runoff North Vancouver Private Property North Vancouver, B.C. Topsoil
Feb 11, 2023 Diesel Spill Jaffray Fuel Truck Jaffray, B.C. Fuel

May 26, 2022

Ammonia Release Kamloops Storage Tank Kamloops, B.C. Ammonia
May 6, 2022 Hydrocarbon Spill Rolla Unknown Rolla, B.C. Hydrocarbon
May 5, 2022 Motor Vehicle Incident Revelstoke Transport Truck Revelstoke, B.C. Fuel
Jan 11, 2022 Epoxy Spill 100 Mile House Transport Truck 100 Mile House, B.C. Epoxy Resin
Oct. 23, 2021 MV Zim Kingston Vessel Victoria, B.C. Containers
Feb. 14, 2021 Manure Spill Agassiz Storage Tank Agassiz , B.C. Manure
Feb. 15, 2021 Rivers Inlet Diesel Spill Storage Tank Rivers Inlet, B.C. Fuel
Jan. 15, 2021 Hydrocarbon Spill Masset Unknown Masset, B.C. Hydrocarbon
Dec. 24, 2020 Sunken Barge Port McNeill Vessel Port McNeill, B.C. Fuel
Dec. 13, 2020 Taylor District Motor Vehicle
Incident
Fuel Truck Taylor, B.C. Fuel
Dec. 4, 2020 Sunken Vessel Bligh Island B.C. Vessel Gold River, B.C. Fuel
Oct. 12, 2020 Train Derailment Edgewater B.C. Locomotive Edgewater, B.C.  Coal
Sept. 14, 2020  Train Derailment Hope B.C. Locomotive Hope, B.C.  Potash
Sept. 13, 2020  Pier Fire New Westminster Fire  New Westminster, B.C. Unknown
Sept. 10, 2020 Fire at Steel Recycling Facility
South of Nanaimo
Fire Cassidy, B.C. Unknown
June 28, 2020 Emulsion Release Fort St. John Pipeline Rigel, B.C. Emulsion
June 13, 2020  Sunken Vessel Gibson's Harbor Vessel  Gibson, B.C. Fuel
June 12, 2020  Crude Oil Release near
Abbotsford
Pipeline  Abbotsford, B.C. Crude Oil 
May 26, 2020  Tanker Fire near Charlie Lake  Fuel Truck  Fort St. John , B.C. Crude Oil 
April 30, 2020 Williams Lake Creek Sewage
Spill
Sewage Williams Lake, B.C. Sewage
April 22, 2020  Foss 153 Diesel Spill Diinan
Khalii Dinan Bay Haida Gwaii
Vessel Port Clements, B.C. Fuel
March 5, 2020 CN Train Derailment in Giscome Locomotive Giscome, B.C. Petroleum Coke
Feb. 6, 2020  Motor Vehicle Incident on
Highway 16 near Red Pass
Junction
Fuel Truck  Mt Robson, B.C. Jet Fuel
Jan. 12, 2020  Motor Vehicle Incident
near McBride
Fuel Truck  McBride, B.C.  Gasoline
Jan. 7, 2020  Train Derailment near Kitwanga Locomotive Kitwanga, B.C. Wood Pellets 
Jan. 7, 2020  Diesel Spill near Yale B.C. Fuel Truck  Yale, B.C.  Fuel
Dec. 26, 2019 CN Derailment near Moose Lake Locomotive Tête Jaune Cache, B.C. Potash
Dec. 15, 2019 Tug Grounding,
Chatham Channel 
Vessel Sayward, B.C.  Fuel
Dec. 6, 2019 

Home Heating Fuel Oil
Spill in Nakusp

Storage Tank

Village of Nakusp, B.C.

Home
Heating
Oil

Nov. 16, 2019 Highway 49 Tanker Fire Fuel Truck  Dawson Creek, B.C.  Crude Oil
Nov. 9, 2019 Barge Aground near
Quadra Island
Vessel Cape Mudge, B.C.  N/A
Oct. 2, 2019 Tanker Truck Rollover
near Port Alice
Fuel Truck 

Port Alice, B.C. 

10% Spent 
Sulfite Liquor
Oct. 1,  2019 Sunken Tug near Gibsons Vessel  Gibsons, B.C.  Fuel
May 30, 2019 Fuel Spill North of Vavenby Transport Truck Vavenby, B.C. Fuel
March 27,  2019 Motor Vehicle Incident
& Fire near Charlie Lake
Fuel Truck  Charlie Lake, B.C.  Condensate 
March 27, 2019

Motor Vehicle Incident
South of Salmo

Fuel Truck  Salmo, B.C.  Fuel
March 22, 2019 Motor Vehicle Incident
West of Keremeos
Transport Truck Hedley, B.C.  Red Wine
March 9,  2019 Neucel Pulp Mill Closure Pulp Mill Port Alice, B.C.  Unknown
March 3, 2019 Sweetwater Road
Truck Incident 
Transport Truck Rolla, B.C.  Crude Oil 
Feb. 26, 2019 Teck Trail Acidic Solution
Spill
Fertilizer Plant Trail, B.C. Acidic Solution
Dec 30, 2018 Diesel Spill North of
Vavenby 
Transport Truck Vavenby, B.C. Fuel
Dec. 14, 2018 Bear River Zinc
Concentrate Spill
Transport Truck Stewart, B.C. Zinc Concentrate
Oct. 9, 2018 Enbridge Gas Line Fire Pipeline Prince George, B.C. Fuel
Sept. 9, 2018 Lina Island Grounding Vessel Village of
Queen Charlotte,
B.C.
None at this time
Aug. 14, 2018 Truck fire north of
Hudson's Hope
Motor Vehicle Hudson's Hope, B.C. Petroleum
Condensate

Aug. 14 2018

Capsized Tug
near Deering Island

Vessel

Vancouver, B.C.

Fuel

Aug. 2, 2018 Float Plane incident
on Tyaughton Lake
Aircraft Gold Bridge, B.C. Fuel
July 18, 2018 Tanker truck incident
near Elko Tunnel 
Fuel Truck  Morrissey, B.C. Calcium
Chloride
July 11, 2018 Prince Rupert Container 
Terminal Incident 
Unknown Prince Rupert, B.C. Unknown 
July 11, 2018  CN Train Derailment
north of Pemberton
Locomotive Pemberton, B.C. N/A
June 18, 2018 Silverdale Barge Incident Vessel Silverdale, B.C. Unknown
May 24, 2018 Goldstream Motor
Vehicle Incident

Motor Vehicle

Langford, B.C.

Furnace Oil

May 9, 2018 Gas line struck in Pitt 
Meadows
Pipeline Pitt Meadows, B.C. Natural Gas
April 11, 2018 Fuel truck spill -
Mile 543 Alaska Hwy
Transport
Truck
Watson Lake, Y.T. Fuel
April 9, 2018 Sinking fishing vessel
near Prince Rupert 
Vessel Prince Rupert, B.C. Unknown
Mar. 22, 2018 Hydrochloric Acid spill
near Alberta border
Fuel Truck  Tupper Hydrochloric
Acid
Mar. 20, 2018 Gas leak at Silver Star
Resort
Pipeline SilverStar 
Resort 
Fuel
Mar. 13, 2018 English Bay Oil Sheen Unknown Vancouver, B.C. Fuel
Feb. 24, 2018 HMCS Calgary Fuel Spill Vessel Strait of Georgia Fuel
Jan. 25, 2018 Overturned Tanker
Truck near Grand Forks
Fuel
Truck
Grand Forks, B.C. Fuel

Jan. 22, 2018

Ethanol Fire in Port
Coquitlam Rail Yard
Fuel
Truck
Port Coquitlam, B.C. Ethanol
Jan. 19, 2018 Coal Train Derailment
near Hazelton
Locomotive Hazelton, B.C. Coal
Dec. 4, 2017 Tank Truck Jack-knife
near Fort St John
Fuel
Truck
Fort St. John, B.C. Condensate
Nov. 28, 2017 Tractor Trailer Fire near
Hope (Hwy 5)
Transport Truck Hope, B.C. Corrosive
liquid
Nov. 26, 2017 POTENTIAL: Tug Jake 
Shearer SW of Bella Bella
Vessel Bella Bella, B.C.  N/A
Nov. 23, 2017 Hells Gate
Train Derailment
Locomotive Hells Gate, B.C. Fuel
Nov. 21, 2017 South Okanagan
Hazmat Incident 
Unknown Kaleden, B.C. Caustic 
Substance
Nov. 15, 2017 Logging Truck Engine
Fluid Spill near
Caycuse B.C.
Transport
Truck
Caycuse, B.C. Fuel
Oct. 24, 2017 Ammonia Leak at
Chicken Processing
Facility
Facility  Coquitlam, B.C.  Ammonia 
Oct. 17, 2017 Fernie Arena 
Ammonia Release
Arena Fernie, B.C. Ammonia
Oct. 12, 2017 Mitchell Island 
Industrial Fire
Fire  Richmond, B.C. Fire Suppression
Water
Oct. 8, 2017 Caustic Liquid Spill 
near the AB-BC border
Fuel
Truck
Dawson Creek, B.C. Caustic 
liquid
Sept. 27, 2017 Industrial Vehicle in
the Beatton River
Transport Truck Pink Mountain, B.C. Hydraulic fluid, 
engine fluids
Aug.31, 2017 Vessel Fire near 
Gabriola Island
Vessel  Gabriola, B.C. Fuel
July 31, 2017

Langford Motor
Vehicle Incident

Fuel
Truck
Langford, B.C. Fuel

July 27, 2017

Northwest Fuels
Bell-Irving fuel spill

Fuel
Truck

Stewart, B.C.

Diesel

July 14, 2017 Langley Motor Vehicle
Incident 
Storage Tank Langley, B.C.  Diesel
June 15, 2017 Fuel Tanker Incident 
Near Kennedy Lake
Fuel
Truck
Ucluelet, B.C. Jet A Fuel
May 17, 2017 Enderby Fuel Truck
Spill
Fuel Truck Enderby, B.C. Fuel
May 16, 2017 Sunken Tug in
Shuswap Lake
Vessel Saint Ives, B.C. Unknown
April 18, 2017 Nanaimo Curling Rink
Incident
Refrigerator Nanaimo, B.C. Ammonia
April 15, 2017 Kootenay Lake Ferry
Incident
Vessel Balfour, B.C. Gear Oil
April 10, 2017 Selkirk Vessel Fire Vessel Victoria, B.C. Unknown
April 7, 2017 Motor Vehicle 
Incident near Elkford
Motor
Vehicle
Elkford, B.C. Fuel
Mar. 29, 2017 Ross Lake Vehicle
Incident
Motor Vehicle Hazelton, B.C. Vehicle 
Fluids 
(<1 L)
Mar. 24, 2017 Fraser River Sheen Vessel Mission, B.C. Fuel
Mar. 16, 2017 Hills Bros Mt Robson
Provincial Park Incident
Motor Vehicle Valemount, B.C. Fuel
Mar. 13, 2017 MVI in Glacier
National Park
Motor Vehicle Revelstoke, B.C. Fuel/Paint
Mar. 10, 2017 Diesel Spill south
of Port McNeill
Storage
Tank
Kelsey Bay, B.C. Fuel
Mar. 5, 2017

Diesel Spill
near Echo Bay

Storage
Tank

Echo Bay, B.C.

Fuel
Mar. 2, 2017 Clandestine Drug
Lab Waste Spill
Illegal Lab Rock Creek, B.C. Drug Lab
Waste

Feb. 23, 2017

Pipeline Discharge
North of FSJ

Pipeline

Prophet River, B.C.

Processed
Water Emulsion

Feb. 17, 2017 RDKB Sewage Spill Sewage
Plant
Trail, B.C. Effluent
Oct. 13, 2016 Seaforth Channel Vessel Bella Bella, B.C. Fuel

All prior incidents can be found on the past spill incidents page.

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