Rail dangers ‘more of a concern’ in Winnipeg’s St. Boniface, report finds
Global News
As the province conducts yet another study on what it would take to move railways out of Winnipeg, another is released on the risks they pose as they stand.
Railway hazards are not unheard of in Winnipeg.
In 2012, a fireball billowed into the sky above St. Boniface after a fuel plant burst into flames, igniting a tanker in its wake.
For Tom Scott, who has lived in St. Boniface for 34 years, it was a wake-up call.
“You can see the damage that can happen very quickly. It’s just not, you know, something happens and, ‘Well, it got a little bit out of hand. We’ll take care of it.’ It can get quite out of hand quite easily,” he said.
It’s not the first rail-related event he’s dealt with during his time in St. Boniface.
“We have had a derailment here. And as you know, there’s been lots of other derailments, a lot more serious derailments,” he said.
“It’s more of a concern.”
A recent report out of the University of Manitoba shows 40 per cent of people in St. Boniface are at risk of rail related hazards.
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