Trestle bridge fire northwest of Edmonton, Alberta RCMP treating it as an arson investigation
Posted Apr 26, 2016 11:58 pm.
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Alberta RCMP have confirmed they are investigating a wooden trestle bridge fire northwest of Edmonton as an arson.
Residents of a trailer park have been given the all-clear to return home after the fire which has now reportedly been contained.
The fire started Tuesday afternoon at the Canadian National Railway bridge on the outskirts of Mayerthorpe, forcing students at the nearby Mayerthorpe high school and residents of 38 mobile homes at the Kreek’s Krossing trailer park to leave.
Thick, black smoke billowed from the burning railway bridge for hours until it collapsed later.
Kevin Andrea, Superintendent of Northern Gateway public schools, says students were sent home early over concerns the smoke from creosote in the wood could cause health problems.
Water bombers, along with fire crews from Mayerthorpe and surrounding areas, battled the blaze.
