Fire that destroyed most of B.C. village of Lytton not linked to railway: TSB

Suspicions that a train was at least partially to blame for a fire that consumed most of a B.C. village this summer have been shut down in a just-published report.

Suspicions that a train was at least partially to blame for a fire that consumed most of a B.C. village this summer have been shut down in a just-published report.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada made the results of its investigation public Thursday morning.

Despite the belief that the fire may have been tied to the railway that passes through Lytton, the TSB's investigation found no link to railway operations.

The board did not say what it believes caused the fire, which is still under investigation by the RCMP and BC Wildfire Service.

The report into the June 30 inferno will be outlined during a news conference. CTVNewsVancouver.ca is streaming the conference LIVE at 11 a.m.

The TSB was tasked with investigating whether a railway passing through the village in B.C.'s Interior had any connection to the fire, which followed days of record-breaking heat.

The temperature reached 49.6 C the day before the fire started, prompting the evacuation of the entire village. It was a record not only for Lytton but for the entire country.