{"id":619892,"date":"2026-04-22T00:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619892\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:07:08","slug":"update-clean-up-ongoing-as-semi-carrying-resin-catches-fire-on-coquihalla-near-merritt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619892\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Clean-up ongoing as semi carrying resin catches fire on Coquihalla near Merritt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/51472b97-91a9-4e6a-9212-34345f2bf722-4.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: Facebook\/Skilled Truckers Canada)<\/p>\n<p>By Victor Kaisar<\/p>\n<p>Coquihalla Fire<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 21, 2026 | 6:02 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>MERRITT, B.C. \u2014 (UPDATE 3:30 p.m.): Northbound travel on the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt remains halted Tuesday (April 21) as crews clean up toxic materials that spilled on the roadway after a vehicle fire around 9:30 p.m. Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Ministry of Environment and Parks told CFJC Today that the fire that engulfed the northbound semi-truck on Highway 5 near Comstock Road \u2013 about 20 kilometres south of Merritt \u2013 was caused by overheated brakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trailer was carrying an estimated 40 drums of Comfort Lock Resin, a resin used in medium-density spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation designed for residential and commercial construction,\u201d the Ministry statement said. \u201cThe drums were consumed in the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While DriveBC says there is \u201ctoxic material\u201d on the roadway, the ministry statement said the resin \u201cis not classified as dangerous goods.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: Facebook\/Skilled Truckers Canada) By Victor Kaisar Coquihalla Fire Apr 21, 2026 | 6:02 AM MERRITT, B.C.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-619892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}