Train carrying hydrochloric acid derails in Port Coquitlam
Posted April 12, 2023 12:53 pm.
A train car filled with potentially dangerous hydrochloric acid was among those that derailed at the CP railyard in Port Coquitlam early Wednesday morning.
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says nothing leaked out of the car, nor was there any need for an evacuation of the site along Lougheed Highway near Coast Meridian.
The TSB confirms five cars in total derailed just after 3 a.m. It notes the tank car carrying the hydrochloric acid “derailed on its side.”
No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
The agency says CP Rail and Transport Canada have sent “dangerous goods response teams” to the railyard, while a TSB investigator has also been deployed to gather more information.
It’s unclear what exactly caused the derailment.
