A north Regina business owner is left to clean up after a massive blaze tore through its yard Tuesday night.
Robert Inch, the owner of Bob’s Discount Pallets, says he’s lost most of his stock, about $70,000 dollars in pallets.
The fire started along the CP rail tracks near Mount Pleasant Park at around 6 p.m., fire crews battled the blaze until 2 a.m. Wednesday morning. The fire now out, an investigation into the cause is underway.
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Witnesses say they saw sparks come out from underneath a train passing along the CP tracks near Winnipeg Street North. Shortly after, the dry brush beside the tracks was on fire.
Robert Inch says he’s had to put out two fires caused by passing trains in the last five years. And area residents say it’s not at all uncommon.
“When it gets really hot and because it’s so dry, the trains do throw the sparks,” said area resident Linda Campbell, “and it’s going to happen again.”
CP Rail says they are cooperating with authorities and that they do have a brush cutting program in effect.
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