TSB to Release Report Into Possible Link Between Rail and Wildfire in Lytton, B.C.

A man sits in a fire truck as the Lytton Creek wildfire burns in the mountains near Lytton, B.C., on August 15, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

RICHMOND, B.C.—The Transportation Safety Board was scheduled to release the results of its investigation today into the “possible relation” between train activities and a wildfire this summer in Lytton, B.C.

The fire raced through the town on June 30, killing two people and leaving few buildings undamaged, after a heat wave pushed the temperature up to a Canadian record of 49.6 C in Lytton.