Tractor Trailer Incident Toad River

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• 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 description

Incident Date	June 23, 2026
Name	DGIR:  262361
Source	Trailer
Nearest Community	Fort Nelson, B.C.
Spilled Content	Diesel
Who is involved	Northern Rockies Fire Rescue, Ledcor, Ministry of Environment and Parks (ENV), Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR)

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Response phase details

The responsible person or spiller is legally required to cleanup or manage the cleanup of a spill.

In incidents where the responsible person is unknown, unable or unwilling to manage the cleanup, the Ministry of Environment and Parks (ENV) may assume the role. 

The updates below reflect the ministry’s oversight of the spillers’ actions. Details describe the spill response phase only and not the complete lifecycle of the spill. Visit the 'More information' page for other reports. 

Updates are in reverse chronological order with the most recent at the top.

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Most recent updates

June 24

The responsible person's response contractor has transferred the fuel from the two trailers for removal. The empty trailers have been removed from the roadway.

An ENV Response Officer assessed the incident site and estimated that 50-100 litres was spilled.

The responsible person's qualified environmental professional is expected to conduct confirmatory sampling later today.

The Alaska Highway is now open to single land alternating traffic and is expected to be fully reopened soon.

No further updates are anticipated.

June 23

On June 23rd, the Ministry of Environment and Parks (ENV) received a report that a B-train tractor trailer was involved in a motor vehicle incident. The incident site is on the Alaska Highway 97 at kilometer 680, near Toad River, B.C.

At the time of the incident, the two trailers were carrying a combined total of 50,000 litres of gasoline and diesel. Preliminary estimates are that approximately 50 litres of diesel has been spilled through a small hole in one of the trailers. The hole has been plugged.

A response contractor hired by the responsible person is enroute to the incident site. The diesel and gasoline from both trailers must be transferred out before the incident site can be cleared.

The highway contractor is constructing a detour around the incident.

An ENV Response Officer is currently being deployed to the incident site.

ENV will continue to monitor the incident.