A weeklong hearing is underway in B.C. Supreme Court where lawyers are trying to get a class-action lawsuit certified for Lytton residents impacted by 2021’s devastating wildfire.
A weeklong hearing is underway in B.C. Supreme Court where lawyers are trying to get a class-action lawsuit certified for Lytton residents impacted by 2021’s devastating wildfire.
Both Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway are named defendants, alongside a railway compliance company, five unnamed corporations, one John Doe and one Jane Doe. The Lytton Creek Wildfire started in the late afternoon of June 30, 2021. It quickly tore through the village and killed two residents.O’Connor is a resident of Lytton. His house was destroyed by the blaze and he is now living in an Airbnb in Merritt.
“We’re saying the trains, in effect, were the reason the fire started. We have eyewitnesses, we have experts, we know where it started. We know trains spark fires.”
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