Gas Firm Says a Contractor Is Dead in a Gas Plant Fire Near Fort St John, BC

A fuel pump is pictured at a Tourmaline and Clean Energy compressed natural gas fueling station in Calgary on Oct. 22, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C.

Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction facility in Wonowon, B.C., says the site was “immediately shut down” after the fire on Monday night.