Power outage causes Teck dust release

Teck says a power outage was to blame for a big dust cloud released from its Trail smelter this morning.

But the company adds there was no fire and no safety risk.

Sirens could be heard mid-morning and a large plume of dust was seen over the operation, but it died down within a few hours.


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Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He'll soon publish a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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