Omitrax Hit With Arson in The Pas

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Railroad ties owned by Omnitrax in the Pas were destroyed by arson. RCMP photo.

A $5,000 reward is being offered by Omnitrax Canada for information that helps locate an arsonist that destroyed about $1 million worth of railroad ties that were to be used this summer on the Hudson Bay rail – line.

Fire lit up the sky around 5:30 a.m. in The Pas Monday morning from the Hudson Bay Railway yard. With relations strained between local residents and Omnitrax due to their recent abandonment of the Port of Churchill, communities all along the Hudson Bay rail-line are running high on emotions.

Omnitrax will offer the bounty to someone who can supply information leading to both an arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the fire. Fortunately, no people were injured during the blaze.

“We are very troubled by this terrible act,” Omnitrax Canada president Merv Tweed said in a release.

The company has set up a tip line at 204-947-0033. The local RCMP number is 204-627-6204.

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