Water advisory issued following train derailment

Jan 13, 2017 | 4:34 PM

KAMLOOPS — Interior Health is advising the public not to drink water from the Thompson River for up to 50 kilometers downstream of the site of a train derailment Thursday.

A CP train carrying meta-llurgical coal derailed southwest of Ashcroft Thursday and though no cars ended up in the river, several cars dumped finely-ground coal into the water.

Medical Health Officer Kamran Golmohammadi say while initial water samples have been collected and submitted, it’s hard to say when results will be available to the public.