Clearwater, B.C., crash killed 2, sparked small wildfire [Video]

BC Highway Patrol investigators are working to determine the cause of a fiery crash that killed two people, sent two others to hospital and sparked a small wildfire near Clearwater, B.C., this week.

The crash occurred shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday on Highway 5 at Cliff Road, BCHP said in a news release Thursday.

According to the RCMP unit, a semi-truck and a CN truck collided head-on, “then became engulfed in flames after a tank exploded.”

“A small wildfire broke out due to the vehicle fire, but the local fire department attended and the fire is now contained,” the BCHP release reads.

The driver of the CN truck and a passenger who was in the semi died at the scene, according to police. The driver of the semi and a passenger who was in the CN truck survived. Both are currently in critical – but stable – condition, BCHP said.

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