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Incident overviews

Incident overviews provide information on significant spills of oil or hazardous material in British Columbia. These overviews are not situation reports, but summaries about the incident location, scale, cause, response actions, and environmental impacts.

DISCLAIMER: Information provided is based on reports received by Emergency Management B.C. Information provided is considered to be current at the time of posting, but is subject to change as new information becomes available.

Incident date Name Source Nearest
Community		 Spilled
Content
Oct. 12, 2020 Train Derailment Edgewater B.C. Train Derailment  Edgewater, B.C.  Coal
Sept. 14, 2020  Train Derailment Hope B.C. Train Derailment  Hope, B.C.  Potash
Sept. 13, 2020  Pier Fire New Westminster Pier Fire  New Westminster  Unknown
Sept. 10, 2020 Fire at Steel Recycling Facility
South of Nanaimo		 Industrial 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. Diesel 
June 12, 2020  Crude Oil Release near
Abbotsford		 Pipeline  Abbotsford, B.C. Crude Oil 
May 26, 2020  Tanker Fire near Charlie Lake  Tanker Truck  Fort St. John  Crude Oil 
April 30, 2020 Williams Lake Creek Sewage
Spill		 Sewage Williams Lake Sewage
April 22, 2020  Foss 153 Diesel Spill Diinan
Khalii Dinan Bay Haida Gwaii		 Accommodation
Barge		 Port Clements, B.C. Diesel Fuel 
March 5, 2020 CN Train Derailment in Giscome Train Derailment Giscome, B.C. Petroleum Coke
Feb. 6, 2020  Motor Vehicle Incident on
Highway 16 near Red Pass
Junction		 Tanker Truck Mt Robson, B.C. Jet A Fuel
Jan. 12, 2020  Motor Vehicle Incident
near McBride		 Tanker Truck McBride, B.C.  Gasoline
Jan. 7, 2020  Train Derailment near Kitwanga Train Derailment Kitwanga, B.C. Wood Pellets 
Jan. 7, 2020  Diesel Spill near Yale B.C. Tanker Truck Yale, B.C.  Diesel
Dec. 26, 2019 CN Derailment near Moose Lake Train Derailment Tête Jaune Cache Potash
Dec. 15, 2019 Tug Grounding,
Chatham Channel 		 Vessel Sayward, B.C.  Diesel Fuel
Dec. 6, 2019 

Home Heating Fuel Oil
Spill in Nakusp

Above Ground
Storage Tank (AST)

Village of
Nakusp, B.C.

Home
Heating
Oil
Nov. 16, 2019 Highway 49 Tanker Fire Tanker Truck Dawson Creek,
B.C. 		 Crude Oil
Nov. 9, 2019 Barge Aground near
Quadra Island		 Vessel Cape Mudge,
B.C. 		 None at this time
Oct. 2, 2019 Tanker Truck Rollover
near Port Alice		 Tanker 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.		 Diesel
March 27,  2019 Motor Vehicle Incident
& Fire near Charlie Lake		 Tanker Truck Charlie Lake, 
B.C. 		 Condensate 
March 27, 2019

Motor Vehicle Incident
South of Salmo

 Tanker Truck Salmo, B.C.  Diesel & Gas
March 22, 2019 Motor Vehicle Incident
West of Keremeos 		Semi 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. Diesel
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.		 Natural Gas
Sept. 9, 2018 Lina Island Grounding Accommodation
Barge		 Village of
Queen Charlotte,
B.C.		 None at this time
Aug. 14, 2018 Truck fire north of
Hudson's Hope		 Vehicle Hudson's
Hope, B.C.		 Petroleum
Condensate

Aug. 14 2018

Capsized Tug
near Deering Island

Vessel

Vancouver,
B.C.

Diesel
Aug. 2, 2018 Float Plane incident
on Tyaughton Lake		 Plane Gold Bridge,
B.C.		 Fuel
July 18, 2018 Tanker truck incident
near Elko Tunnel 		 Tanker 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		 Train Pemberton,
B.C.		 None at 
this time
June 18, 2018 Silverdale Barge Incident Vessel Silverdale,
B.C.		 Unknown
May 24, 2018 Goldstream Motor
Vehicle Incident

Motor Vehicle
Incident

 Langford,
B.C.

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

Jan. 22, 2018

 Ethanol Fire in Port
Coquitlam Rail Yard		 Tanker 
Truck		 Port 
Coquitlam, 
B.C.		 Ethanol
Jan. 19, 2018 Coal Train Derailment
near Hazelton		 Rail Hazelton,
B.C.		 Coal
Dec. 4, 2017 Tank Truck Jack-knife
near Fort St John		 Tanker
Truck		 Fort St. John,
B.C.		 Condensate
Nov. 28, 2017 Tractor Trailer Fire near
Hope (Hwy 5)		 Semi fire Hope, B.C. Corrosive
liquid
Nov. 26, 2017 POTENTIAL: Tug Jake 
Shearer SW of Bella Bella		 Fuel Barge Bella Bella,
B.C. 		 None at 
this time
Nov. 23, 2017 Hells Gate
Train Derailment		 Train 
Engine		 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.		 Logging 
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		 Industrial
Fire 		 Richmond,
B.C.		 Fire Suppression
Water
Oct. 8, 2017 Caustic Liquid Spill 
near the AB-BC border		 Tanker
Truck		 Dawson 
Creek, B.C.		 Caustic 
liquid
Sept. 27, 2017 Industrial Vehicle in
the Beatton River		 Pumper 
truck		 Pink Mountain,
B.C.		 Hydraulic fluid, 
engine fluids
Aug.31, 2017 Vessel Fire near 
Gabriola Island		 Vessel  Gabriola,
B.C.		 Diesel
July 31, 2017

Langford Motor
Vehicle Incident

 Tanker
Truck		 Langford,
B.C.		 Diesel

July 27, 2017

Northwest Fuels
Bell-Irving fuel spill

Tanker
Truck

Stewart,
B.C.

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

Diesel Spill
near Echo Bay

Fuel transfer
pump

Echo Bay,
B.C.

 Diesel fuel
Mar. 2, 2017 Clandestine Drug
Lab Waste Spill		 Drug 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 Tug Bella Bella,
B.C.		 Diesel fuel

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