Cleanup work is underway after several cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train derailed about 20 kilometres west of Kamloops.

A statement from CPKC says there are no injuries after about 17 rail cars left the train tracks around 7 p.m. on Saturday.

The railway says the preliminary assessment shows four of the cars are loaded with fuel, five are loaded with gypsum, a powder product used in drywall, and one is loaded with pulp products.

CPKC says the other rail cars are empty, and three of the empty cars last contained gasoline.

It says some product has leaked from two of the loaded fuel cars, and a containment boom has been deployed at the site.

The Thompson-Nicola Region District says in a statement that at this time, there is no risk anticipated to the Savona Community Water Sys

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