Spill incidents

Last updated on December 3, 2025

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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. 2, 2025 Motor Vehicle Incident Kamloops Semi-Truck Kamloops, B.C.  
Nov. 29, 2025 Train Derailment Fort Steele Rail Car Fort Steele, B.C. Propane
Nov. 18, 2025 Barge Incident Bella Bella Barge Bella Bella, B.C. N/A
Nov. 1, 2025 Train Derailment Cherry Creek Rail Cars Kamloops, B.C. Jet A1 fuel and gypsum
Sept. 23, 2025 Potential Mixed Chemical Spill Jordan River Personal Property Jordan River, B.C. Mixed Chemicals
July 14, 2025 Derelict Vessel Fire Mission Marine Vessel Mission, B.C. Smoke
June 5, 2025 Motor Vehicle Incident Dease Lake Transport Truck Dease Lake, B.C. Fuel
June 5, 2025 Motor Vehicle Incident Osoyoos Transport Truck Osoyoos, B.C. Mixed Chemicals
June 3, 2025 Green Island Lighthouse Diesel Spill Storage Tank Green Island, B.C Diesel
May 14, 2025 Mission Flats Landfill Fire Landfill Fire Kamloops, B.C. Metal
May 3, 2025 Marine Vessel Fire Mission Marine Vessel Mission, B.C. Smoke
Apr. 7, 2025 Motor Vehicle Incident Toad River Transport Truck Fort Nelson, B.C. Diesel
Mar. 21, 2025 Motor Vehicle Incident Fuel Spill
Valemount		 Transport Truck Valemount, B.C. Diesel
Feb. 19, 2025 Vessel Incident Napier Point Vessel Bella Bella, B.C. Diesel and Hydraulic Oil
Dec. 31, 2024 Fire Telegraph Cove Fire Telegraph Cove, B.C. Unknown/woody debris
Dec. 22, 2024 Train Derailment Boston Bar Locomotive Boston Bar, B.C. Grain
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 Valemount Transport Truck Valemount, 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

All incidents prior to December 2023 can be found on the past spill incidents page.

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