Spill incidents

Last updated on November 4, 2024

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Incident overviews

Incident overviews provide information on significant spills of oil or hazardous material in British Columbia.

These overviews are summaries about the incident location, scale, cause, response actions and environmental impacts.

Disclaimer:

  • Information provided is based on reports received by Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR)
  • Information provided is considered to be current at the time of posting, but is subject to change
Incident Date Name Source Nearest
Community		 Spilled
Content
Nov. 03, 2024 Hydraulic Oil Spill Union Bay Heavy Machinery Union Bay, B.C. Hydraulic Oil
Sep. 23, 2024 Fish Kill Chilliwack Unknown Chilliwack, B.C. Unknown
Sep. 19, 2024 Red Bridge Fire Kamloops Fire Kamloops, B.C. Unknown/woody debris
Aug. 24, 2024 Motor Vehicle Incident Sicamous Transport Truck Sicamous, B.C. Diesel, Engine Oil
July 27, 2024 Motor Vehicle Incident Peachland Motor Vehicle Peachland, B.C. Asphalt Primer
July 17, 2024 Cloudy Substance Cecelia Creek Unknown Victoria, B.C. Unknown
July 11, 2024 Firefighting Foam Stoney Creek Storage Tank Abbotsford, B.C. Mixed Chemicals
May 21, 2024 Used Oil Spill in Fish Creek Unknown Charlie Lake, B.C. Used oil
Mar. 28, 2024 Sewage Spill Nelson Pipeline Nelson, B.C. Sewage
Mar. 9, 2024 Motor Vehicle Incident Valemont Transport Truck Valemont, B.C. Mixed Chemicals
Mar. 1, 2024 Train Incident Seabird Island Locomotive Agassiz, B.C. Diesel
Feb. 16, 2024 Train Derailment Revelstoke Locomotive Revelstoke, B.C. Fuel
Jan. 27, 2024 Fuel Oil Spill Saanich Private Property Saanich, B.C. Fuel
Jan. 21, 2024 Smoke from Burnaby Refinery Processing Unit Burnaby, B.C. Smoke
Jan. 20, 2024 Fuel Spill Gorge Waterway Unknown Esquimalt, B.C. Oil
Dec. 7, 2023 Landslide Chilliwack Landslide Chilliwack, B.C. Waste Oil
Nov. 19, 2023 Train Derailment Delta Locomotive South Surrey, Delta Diesel
Nov. 17, 2023 Transport Truck West Kelowna Transport Truck West Kelowna, B.C. Unknown
Nov. 7, 2023 Truck and Excavator in Pillar Lake Motor Vehicle Falkland, B.C. Fuel
Sept. 11, 2023 Pink Substance Guerin Creek Unknown Kamloops, B.C. Unknown
July 26, 2023 Fuel Spill Nanaimo Vessel Nanaimo, B.C. Fuel
June 15, 2023 Fuel Truck Spill Golden Fuel Truck Golden, B.C. Diesel
June 6, 2023 Recycling Facility Fire Kamloops Runoff Water Kamloops, B.C. Unknown
May 16, 2023

Hazardous Waste Fort St. John

 Wildfire Fort St. John, B.C. N/A
May 4, 2023 Chromium Spill Merritt Transport Truck Merritt, B.C. Chromic Acid
Mar 10, 2023 Hydrocarbon Spill Delta  Unknown Delta, B.C. Hydrocarbon
Mar 6, 2023 Topsoil Runoff North Vancouver Private Property North Vancouver, B.C. Topsoil
Feb 11, 2023 Diesel Spill Jaffray Fuel Truck Jaffray, B.C. Fuel

May 26, 2022

 Ammonia Release Kamloops Storage Tank Kamloops, B.C. Ammonia
May 6, 2022 Hydrocarbon Spill Rolla Unknown Rolla, B.C. Hydrocarbon
May 5, 2022 Motor Vehicle Incident Revelstoke Transport Truck Revelstoke, B.C. Fuel
Jan 11, 2022 Epoxy Spill 100 Mile House Transport Truck 100 Mile House, B.C. Epoxy Resin
Oct. 23, 2021 MV Zim Kingston Vessel Victoria, B.C. Containers
Feb. 14, 2021 Manure Spill Agassiz Storage Tank Agassiz , B.C. Manure
Feb. 15, 2021 Rivers Inlet Diesel Spill Storage Tank Rivers Inlet, B.C. Fuel
Jan. 15, 2021 Hydrocarbon Spill Masset Unknown Masset, B.C. Hydrocarbon
Dec. 24, 2020 Sunken Barge Port McNeill Vessel Port McNeill, B.C. Fuel
Dec. 13, 2020 Taylor District Motor Vehicle
Incident		 Fuel Truck Taylor, B.C. Fuel
Dec. 4, 2020 Sunken Vessel Bligh Island B.C. Vessel Gold River, B.C. Fuel
Oct. 12, 2020 Train Derailment Edgewater B.C. Locomotive Edgewater, B.C.  Coal
Sept. 14, 2020  Train Derailment Hope B.C. Locomotive Hope, B.C.  Potash
Sept. 13, 2020  Pier Fire New Westminster Fire  New Westminster, B.C. Unknown
Sept. 10, 2020 Fire at Steel Recycling Facility
South of Nanaimo		 Fire Cassidy, B.C. Unknown
June 28, 2020 Emulsion Release Fort St. John Pipeline Rigel, B.C. Emulsion
June 13, 2020  Sunken Vessel Gibson's Harbor Vessel  Gibson, B.C. Fuel
June 12, 2020  Crude Oil Release near
Abbotsford		 Pipeline  Abbotsford, B.C. Crude Oil 
May 26, 2020  Tanker Fire near Charlie Lake  Fuel Truck  Fort St. John , B.C. Crude Oil 
April 30, 2020 Williams Lake Creek Sewage
Spill		 Sewage Williams Lake, B.C. Sewage
April 22, 2020  Foss 153 Diesel Spill Diinan
Khalii Dinan Bay Haida Gwaii		 Vessel Port Clements, B.C. Fuel
March 5, 2020 CN Train Derailment in Giscome Locomotive Giscome, B.C. Petroleum Coke
Feb. 6, 2020  Motor Vehicle Incident on
Highway 16 near Red Pass
Junction		 Fuel Truck  Mt Robson, B.C. Jet Fuel
Jan. 12, 2020  Motor Vehicle Incident
near McBride		 Fuel Truck  McBride, B.C.  Gasoline
Jan. 7, 2020  Train Derailment near Kitwanga Locomotive Kitwanga, B.C. Wood Pellets 
Jan. 7, 2020  Diesel Spill near Yale B.C. Fuel Truck  Yale, B.C.  Fuel
Dec. 26, 2019 CN Derailment near Moose Lake Locomotive Tête Jaune Cache, B.C. Potash
Dec. 15, 2019 Tug Grounding,
Chatham Channel 		 Vessel Sayward, B.C.  Fuel
Dec. 6, 2019 

Home Heating Fuel Oil
Spill in Nakusp

Storage Tank

Village of Nakusp, B.C.

Home
Heating
Oil
Nov. 16, 2019 Highway 49 Tanker Fire Fuel Truck  Dawson Creek, B.C.  Crude Oil
Nov. 9, 2019 Barge Aground near
Quadra Island		 Vessel Cape Mudge, B.C.  N/A
Oct. 2, 2019 Tanker Truck Rollover
near Port Alice		 Fuel Truck 

Port Alice, B.C. 

 10% Spent 
Sulfite Liquor
Oct. 1,  2019 Sunken Tug near Gibsons Vessel  Gibsons, B.C.  Fuel
May 30, 2019 Fuel Spill North of Vavenby Transport Truck Vavenby, B.C. Fuel
March 27,  2019 Motor Vehicle Incident
& Fire near Charlie Lake		 Fuel Truck  Charlie Lake, B.C.  Condensate 
March 27, 2019

Motor Vehicle Incident
South of Salmo

 Fuel Truck  Salmo, B.C.  Fuel
March 22, 2019 Motor Vehicle Incident
West of Keremeos 		Transport Truck Hedley, B.C.  Red Wine
March 9,  2019 Neucel Pulp Mill Closure Pulp Mill Port Alice, B.C.  Unknown
March 3, 2019 Sweetwater Road
Truck Incident 		 Transport Truck Rolla, B.C.  Crude Oil 
Feb. 26, 2019 Teck Trail Acidic Solution
Spill 		Fertilizer Plant Trail, B.C. Acidic Solution
Dec 30, 2018 Diesel Spill North of
Vavenby 		 Transport Truck Vavenby, B.C. Fuel
Dec. 14, 2018 Bear River Zinc
Concentrate Spill 		Transport Truck Stewart, B.C. Zinc Concentrate
Oct. 9, 2018 Enbridge Gas Line Fire Pipeline Prince George, B.C. Fuel
Sept. 9, 2018 Lina Island Grounding Vessel Village of
Queen Charlotte,
B.C.		 None at this time
Aug. 14, 2018 Truck fire north of
Hudson's Hope		 Motor Vehicle Hudson's Hope, B.C. Petroleum
Condensate

Aug. 14 2018

Capsized Tug
near Deering Island

Vessel

Vancouver, B.C.

Fuel
Aug. 2, 2018 Float Plane incident
on Tyaughton Lake		 Aircraft Gold Bridge, B.C. Fuel
July 18, 2018 Tanker truck incident
near Elko Tunnel 		 Fuel Truck  Morrissey, B.C. Calcium
Chloride
July 11, 2018 Prince Rupert Container 
Terminal Incident 		 Unknown Prince Rupert, B.C. Unknown 
July 11, 2018  CN Train Derailment
north of Pemberton		 Locomotive Pemberton, B.C. N/A
June 18, 2018 Silverdale Barge Incident Vessel Silverdale, B.C. Unknown
May 24, 2018 Goldstream Motor
Vehicle Incident

Motor Vehicle

 Langford, B.C.

Furnace Oil
May 9, 2018 Gas line struck in Pitt 
Meadows		 Pipeline Pitt Meadows, B.C. Natural Gas
April 11, 2018 Fuel truck spill -
Mile 543 Alaska Hwy		 Transport
Truck		 Watson Lake, Y.T. Fuel
April 9, 2018 Sinking fishing vessel
near Prince Rupert 		 Vessel Prince Rupert, B.C. Unknown
Mar. 22, 2018 Hydrochloric Acid spill
near Alberta border		 Fuel Truck  Tupper Hydrochloric
Acid
Mar. 20, 2018 Gas leak at Silver Star
Resort		 Pipeline SilverStar 
Resort 		 Fuel
Mar. 13, 2018 English Bay Oil Sheen Unknown Vancouver, B.C. Fuel
Feb. 24, 2018 HMCS Calgary Fuel Spill Vessel Strait of Georgia Fuel
Jan. 25, 2018 Overturned Tanker
Truck near Grand Forks		 Fuel
Truck		 Grand Forks, B.C. Fuel

Jan. 22, 2018

 Ethanol Fire in Port
Coquitlam Rail Yard		 Fuel
Truck		 Port Coquitlam, B.C. Ethanol
Jan. 19, 2018 Coal Train Derailment
near Hazelton		 Locomotive Hazelton, B.C. Coal
Dec. 4, 2017 Tank Truck Jack-knife
near Fort St John		 Fuel
Truck		 Fort St. John, B.C. Condensate
Nov. 28, 2017 Tractor Trailer Fire near
Hope (Hwy 5)		 Transport Truck Hope, B.C. Corrosive
liquid
Nov. 26, 2017 POTENTIAL: Tug Jake 
Shearer SW of Bella Bella		 Vessel Bella Bella, B.C.  N/A
Nov. 23, 2017 Hells Gate
Train Derailment		 Locomotive Hells Gate, B.C. Fuel
Nov. 21, 2017 South Okanagan
Hazmat Incident 		 Unknown Kaleden, B.C. Caustic 
Substance
Nov. 15, 2017 Logging Truck Engine
Fluid Spill near
Caycuse B.C.		 Transport
Truck		 Caycuse, B.C. Fuel
Oct. 24, 2017 Ammonia Leak at
Chicken Processing
Facility		 Facility  Coquitlam, B.C.  Ammonia 
Oct. 17, 2017 Fernie Arena 
Ammonia Release		 Arena Fernie, B.C. Ammonia
Oct. 12, 2017 Mitchell Island 
Industrial Fire		 Fire  Richmond, B.C. Fire Suppression
Water
Oct. 8, 2017 Caustic Liquid Spill 
near the AB-BC border		 Fuel
Truck		 Dawson Creek, B.C. Caustic 
liquid
Sept. 27, 2017 Industrial Vehicle in
the Beatton River		 Transport Truck Pink Mountain, B.C. Hydraulic fluid, 
engine fluids
Aug.31, 2017 Vessel Fire near 
Gabriola Island		 Vessel  Gabriola, B.C. Fuel
July 31, 2017

Langford Motor
Vehicle Incident

 Fuel
Truck		 Langford, B.C. Fuel

July 27, 2017

Northwest Fuels
Bell-Irving fuel spill

Fuel
Truck

Stewart, B.C.

Diesel
July 14, 2017 Langley Motor Vehicle
Incident 		 Storage Tank Langley, B.C.  Diesel
June 15, 2017 Fuel Tanker Incident 
Near Kennedy Lake		 Fuel
Truck		 Ucluelet, B.C. Jet A Fuel
May 17, 2017 Enderby Fuel Truck
Spill		 Fuel Truck Enderby, B.C. Fuel
May 16, 2017 Sunken Tug in
Shuswap Lake		 Vessel Saint Ives, B.C. Unknown
April 18, 2017 Nanaimo Curling Rink
Incident		 Refrigerator Nanaimo, B.C. Ammonia
April 15, 2017 Kootenay Lake Ferry
Incident		 Vessel Balfour, B.C. Gear Oil
April 10, 2017 Selkirk Vessel Fire Vessel Victoria, B.C. Unknown
April 7, 2017 Motor Vehicle 
Incident near Elkford		 Motor
Vehicle		 Elkford, B.C. Fuel
Mar. 29, 2017 Ross Lake Vehicle
Incident		 Motor Vehicle Hazelton, B.C. Vehicle 
Fluids 
(<1 L)
Mar. 24, 2017 Fraser River Sheen Vessel Mission, B.C. Fuel
Mar. 16, 2017 Hills Bros Mt Robson
Provincial Park Incident		 Motor Vehicle Valemount, B.C. Fuel
Mar. 13, 2017 MVI in Glacier
National Park		 Motor Vehicle Revelstoke, B.C. Fuel/Paint
Mar. 10, 2017 Diesel Spill south
of Port McNeill		 Storage
Tank		 Kelsey Bay, B.C. Fuel
Mar. 5, 2017

Diesel Spill
near Echo Bay

Storage
Tank

Echo Bay, B.C.

 Fuel
Mar. 2, 2017 Clandestine Drug
Lab Waste Spill		 Illegal Lab Rock Creek, B.C. Drug Lab
Waste

Feb. 23, 2017

Pipeline Discharge
North of FSJ

Pipeline

Prophet River, B.C.

Processed
Water Emulsion
Feb. 17, 2017 RDKB Sewage Spill Sewage
Plant		 Trail, B.C. Effluent
Oct. 13, 2016 Seaforth Channel Vessel Bella Bella, B.C. Fuel

All prior incidents can be found on the past spill incidents page.

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