B.C. officials say that preliminary tests show no contamination above drinking water guidelines after 80,000 litres of fuel was spilled into Kamloops Lake following a train derailment.

The derailment of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) train happened last Saturday , and saw around 80,700 litres of aviation fuel being spilled into the lake after 17 rail cars left the tracks.

Concern immediately grew for multiple communities — like Savona, Tobiano, Walhachin and others — who draw their water supply from the lake, around 240 kilometres northeast of Vancouver in B.C.'s Thompson-Nicola region.

While many communities shut off their water supply from the lake after the spill , officials said Friday that initial tests from water samples showed no direct impact to drinking water in Sa

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