26 November 2008
No Injuries in Train Fire
The Revelstoke Fire Department handled a suspected
electrical fire on a CP Rail engine on 14 Nov 2008. The
engine was on fire before it arrived in Revelstoke where
two fire engines were waiting near MacKenzie Ave.
Revelstoke British Columbia - The Revelstoke Fire
Department put out a fire in the engine compartment of a CP Rail train in under ten minutes on 14 Nov 2008.
Revelstoke Fire Chief Rob Girard says they received a call for assistance from CP Rail as the westbound train was approaching
Revelstoke at around 9 a.m. "We responded with two engines just as we would with any other fire and the only thing that we did a
little bit different than perhaps other fires is we deployed a foam agent", said Girard. He said the fire was relatively minor in
nature.
The train came to a stop near MacKenzie Avenue where fire crews were waiting for its arrival.
The cause of the fire is still undetermined, but Girard said it looks like it was an electrical fire, possibly caused when a fan that
cools the engine area overheated.
Girard says it wasn't a hazardous materials call.
The Revelstoke Fire Department did the initial investigation on the fire. CP Rail will follow up with an investigation of their own.
There were no injuries to either the train crew or the fire department personnel.
Girard says the crew did a good job in extinguishing the potentially dangerous fire.
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