A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in B-C Supreme Court against C-N and C-P Rail over the wildfire that tore through the village of Lytton in late June.
The lawsuit alleges the fire was set off by heat or sparks emanating from a C-P freight train operated by C-N employees on tracks owned by C-N.
Documents filed in court show the lead plaintiff in the suit — which has not yet been certified as a class action — lost her home and the graphic design company she operated out of the property.
The R-C-M-P, the B-C Wildfire Service and the Transportation Safety Board say the fire remains under investigation.
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