Lytton residents will have their class-action lawsuit against Canada’s two major railway companies heard in the BC Supreme Court, thanks partly to new evidence of high brake temperatures on a train passing through the community shortly before the town burned. The news comes almost 4 1/2 years after a fire on June 30, 2021, levelled 90 per cent of the village’s buildings and killed two residents. In a decision issued Tuesday, BC Supreme Court Justice Ward Branch agreed to certify a class-action lawsuit brought by residents against Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway. He said the plaintiffs had provided enough evidence to suggest the allegation that railway operations may have played a role in starting the fire had “some basis in fact” — a key standard to determine whether such a suit can proceed. The fire is believed to have started next to railway tracks just south of the village ... CLICK HERE for the full story
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