Seabird Island Chief Jim Harris said he felt everything was going well in the wake of cleanup and recovery after a diesel fuel spill near the First Nations community.
At about 8 p.m. on Friday, March 2, a VIA passenger train struck a piece of debris while travelling east of Agassiz, resulting in a damaged fuel tank and the spillage of fuel near the Lophet Road area.
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