A B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class action lawsuit in a case where some Lytton residents allege the fire that destroyed the community was caused by railway operations.

The proposed representative plaintiffs in the suit both lost property in the fire and said they suffered mental trauma from what happened.

Carel Moiseiwitsch was a longtime property owner in Lytton. Her home and everything inside it were destroyed in the fire, including their home-based business. She also lost her pet cat and was forced to relocate to Vancouver.

The second proposed representative plaintiff, Jordan Spinks, is a member of the Kanaka Bar Indian Band.

He was forced from his home on Indian Reserve Papyum 27 for several months, which he says caused him to lose his job and his ability to hunt and fish.

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