Public Safety and Solicitor General, January 8, 2014 - Plaster Rock
Update / Train derailment
The Department of Public Safety’s Emergency Measures Organization continues to monitor a train derailment that happened Jan. 7 in Wapske near Plaster Rock. The Emergency Measures Organization has regional staff on the ground and has activated a regional operations centre in the area. An evacuation area, with a two-kilometre radius, remains in effect and is secured by the RCMP.