Sludge Watch ==> Newsflash: Train Quarantined south of Timmins Ontario-flu symptoms one dead

[Maureen Reilly]

BARFBLOG: Train quarantined south of Timmins, ONTARIO
09.may.08
Toronto Star/CP
Curtis Rush
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/423330


http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h7Q0-fHwzAdqlClVOGmwfb3FRtyA
http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/05/articles/yuck-factor/train-quarantined-south-of-timmins-ontario/index.html


http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/05/articles/food-safety-communication/update-via-rail-train-quarantined-in-n-ontario-after-mystery-illness-hits-passengers/index.html
A VIA train bound for Toronto with more than 260 passengers aboard has been 
stopped north of Timmins after one person died and five other people have 
taken ill with flu-like symptoms.
Ontario Provincial Police emergency workers with full protective gear were 
called to the train and about 10 people have been taken to hospital in 
Timmins. The rest of the passengers on the train have been quarantined.

The train originated in Jasper, Alta.
And in a good use of technology, the Star says,
Are you on the train or know someone who is? Call us a 1-800-268-9756
In an update, Canadian Press reports that a woman in her 60s has died and 
several others have fallen ill on a halted Via Rail passenger train in 
northern Ontario that was en route from Vancouver to Toronto.


Ambulances and police scrambled to the tiny hamlet of Foleyet early Friday 
morning and have now quarantined the train, which was carrying about 260 
passengers and 30 crew members.
As many as 10 people were reported to have flu-like symptoms and at least 
one person has been airlifted to the Timmins and District Hospital.


The illnesses appeared to be contained to two train cars.
Only emergency response personnel were being allowed on or off the train and 
could only get on board with full protective gear.

Deborah DesRochers, chairwoman of the town of 380 about 100 kilometres 
southwest of Timmins, said, "The whole place is being overrun with 
ambulances and police cars, and we've got helicopters. They've got the train 
quarantined. They're trying to isolate what it is."
Provincial police Const. Marc Depatie said officials are still trying to 
determine exactly what caused the illnesses on the train and whether they're 
at all related to the fatality.
"We don't know if the element is viral or bacterial or a case of food 
poisoning."