Train Derailment Cherry Creek

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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	November 1, 2025
Name	DGIR:  254216
Source	Locomotive
Nearest Community	Kamloops, B.C.
Spilled Content	Aviation fuel and gypsum
Who is involved	Ministry of Environment and Parks (ENV), Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR),  Interior Health Authority, First Nation Health Authority (FNHA), Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Transport Canada (TC), and Skeetchestn First Nation.

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Response phase details

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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

November 2 - as of 21:00 hours

Work continued throughout the day to contain the site and begin clean up. All rail cars are within the containment area.

At the incident site there is a slope from the rail right-of-way down to Kamloops lake.

One rail car loaded with aviation fuel has been removed. Two rail cars containing aviation fuel remain on the slope. Leaks from the two aviation fuel tank cars on the slope have been reduced to minor drips and have containment in place.

One empty rail car with potential gasoline residue remains in the lake. There is a second empty gasoline car that slide down slope this afternoon and is at the water’s edge. One empty gasoline rail car (containing residue) remains on the slope.

One rail car carrying gypsum remains partially submerged along the lake shoreline. Four remaining gypsum rail cars are along the rail right-of-way.

Additional containment boom was deployed this morning to extend coverage.

Initial surface water samples were collected. A further sampling plan is being developed.

A multiagency coordination call was held this evening.

EEB staff will be at the incident site again tomorrow.

Further updates will be provided when more information becomes available.

November 2 - as of 11:00 hours

The Environmental Emergency Branch (EEB) was notified of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) train derailment. The incident occurred at approximately 1900 on November 1st, near Cherry Creek, 20 kilometers west of Kamloops. There were no injuries. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.

The preliminary assessment is that one locomotive and approximately 17 cars, a mix of loaded and empty rail cars, were involved. Four of the cars are loaded with fuel, five loaded with gypsum, and one loaded with pulp products. The other rail cars are empty, including three that last contained gasoline.

Containment boom has been deployed at the site.

CPKC crews and equipment, including environmental teams, are on site conducting a full assessment and beginning work on clean-up. 

On the morning of November 2nd a coordination call was held. The coordination call had participation from CPKC, Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD), Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Transport Canada (TC), Interior Health, First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), EEB, and Skeetchestn First Nation.

EEB staff have been deployed to the incident site.

Further updates will be provided when more information becomes available.