CN Railway is facing three separate lawsuits in Manitoba — including a $3.8-million suit from the province itself — alleging its operations caused fires in spring 2016, as the rail company investigates a series of fires that started along its tracks in Winnipeg this weekend. CN Railway declined to comment on the lawsuits themselves as they remain before the courts. The document claims that negligence caused a fire along rail tracks at 8971 Wilkes Avenue in Headingley, Man., on April 30, 2016. The rail company is also facing similar allegations in a second suit stemming from that fire, also filed on April 27. A police officer walks the railway tracks along the area where a grass fire burned near Dugald Road and Bournais Drive on Sunday.

Source: CBC News May 08, 2018 09:56 UTC