Another derailment near Guernsey, Sk. closes Yellowhead Highway

Feb 6, 2020 | 7:49 AM

Update 9:15 am

GUERNSEY, Sask. – A freight train has derailed in rural Saskatchewan and residents are being evacuated from the area.

Canadian Pacific says the train jumped the tracks about 6;15 a.m. near Guernsey, roughly 115 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon.

Patty Prentice says she was driving to work just after the derailment and saw a large fire and felt the heat as she drove by.

There is no immediate word of injuries and Jack Gibney, the area reeve, says some 85 residents are being evacuated from the community.

RCMP say Highway 16 is closed in both directions.

About 19 cars of a CP train derailed in the same area in December, causing a major blaze and leaking 1.5-million litres of oil.

(The Canadian Press)

HUMBOLDT, SK. — For the second time this winter a train has derailed near Guernsey, Saskatchewan, southeast of Saskatoon.

Thick smoke could be seen in television images from the scene.

Mounties have closed the Yellowhead highway in both directions and drivers are advised to find another route.

1.5 million litres of crude oil were spilled when several tanker cars derailed from a CP train near the same area on December 9th.

by Brian Konrad