Canada: train quarantined: 1st Thread - one person died, others have flu-like symptoms

[Giuseppe]

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Death On Toronto-Bound Via Rail Train

Friday May 9, 2008
CityNews.ca Staff


A woman has died and 10 more in hospital after a flu-like outbreak on board a Via Rail train. The train, travelling from Vancouver to Toronto, is now under quarantine near Timmins.
Sgt Laura Nichols OPP said that she was called by CN at 8:35am Friday. "There was one person who had vital signs absent and five other people that were sick with flu-like symptoms," she reported.
That number quickly increased to ten, and all were taken to Timmins and District Hospital.
"The Timmins District Hospital is a regional hospital, and I'm confident they can handle it," Nichols allowed.
The train is stopped in Foleyet.
"The whole place is being overrun with ambulances and police cars, and we've got helicopters," said Deborah DesRochers, chairwoman of the town. "They've got the train quarantined. They're trying to isolate what it is."
There were 260 passengers and 30 crewmembers on board the train. Emergency crews in full protective gear searched the affected cars. It's believed, but not certain, that the outbreak is confined to only two cars. No one except emergency personnel is allowed on or off the trains.
If you're looking for a relative or friend, Nichols confirms that an incident commander is en route. "He'll be working with local officials to try and get some processes together to help out those people, to get in contact," she says.
The cause of the outbreak has not yet been determined. It could be biological, chemical, or food-related.
Health Canada has also been called in.
More details to follow.

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_22540.aspx

It is advisable that passenger will be keep in ventilated area to avoid further contamination from either toxin, (CO) or infectious agents (at this point less likely than toxic agents).

[HenryN]

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Live audio

http://www.680news.com/mediaplayer/mediaplayer2.jsp

Lead story on Toronto radio news.

[Giuseppe]

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Travel history: the train came from Vancouver.

Symptoms: "respiratory problems"

Train: a sleeping wagon.

This directly point to a intoxication by cooling or heating system. A respiratory disease with two o three days of incubation are also possible, but environmental contaminant may be the culprit. Chemical agents in use for cleaning of toilet, for example (aerosols).

[sharon sanders]

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"..were sick with flu-like symptoms."

This, I believe, opens the symptoms to include: nausea, sweating, diarrhea, fever, and respiratory systems, among others.

[HenryN]

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Lead story on Toronto radio news.

Update at 12 (10 minutes)

http://www.680news.com/mediaplayer/mediaplayer2.jsp

[sharon sanders]

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Thanks everyone!

[HenryN]

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Via train quarantined at Foleyet ? One person dead, 10 sent to hospital ? WILL BE UPDATED

Posted By Timmins Daily Press/Osprey News Network

Updated 18 mins ago

One passenger is dead and 10 others are being transported to Timmins and District Hospital after reporting flu-like symptoms on board a Toronto-bound Via train.

One of the 10 passengers is being airlifted to TDH, while the nine others are being transported by land ambulance.

The train departed from Vancouver and was stopped in Foleyte, about 100 km west of Timmins.

The affected passengers were on two of the train cars, but the entire train was placed under quarantine.

Reports indicate there were 250 people on the train.

http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1021553

[HenryN]

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Via train quarantined at Foleyet ? One person dead, 10 sent to hospital ? WILL BE UPDATED

Posted By Timmins Daily Press/Osprey News Network

Updated 18 mins ago

One passenger is dead and 10 others are being transported to Timmins and District Hospital after reporting flu-like symptoms on board a Toronto-bound Via train.

One of the 10 passengers is being airlifted to TDH, while the nine others are being transported by land ambulance.

The train departed from Vancouver and was stopped in Foleyte, about 100 km west of Timmins.

The affected passengers were on two of the train cars, but the entire train was placed under quarantine.

Reports indicate there were 250 people on the train.

http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1021553

Panic and confusion. Town may be evacuated. Up to four in serious condition.

Members in tour group?

[Giuseppe]

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"..were sick with flu-like symptoms."

This, I believe, opens the symptoms to include: nausea, sweating, diarrhea, fever, and respiratory systems, among others.

And high fever, cough, sense of breathless, cardiac and pulmonary failure in the more severe cases. CNS signs, seizures. Rash. Chemical agents into disposable sleeping car equipment, powder for cleaning, cooling system (CO). It is happened in Italy, where a derelict rail system operates and north-south (more than 2.000 Km long) trips are common.

[Diane Morin]

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A train of Via Rail was quarantined in North Ontario after death momentary towards 8:30, Friday.

The train, which moved towards Toronto, was immobilized in Foleyet, in the west of Timmins.

The provincial Police force of Ontario specifies that 10 other passengers present symptoms similar to those of the influenza. These people were transported to the hospital of Timmins.

The convoy is the subject of a medical inspection on behalf of the authorities for safety reasons.

Only the emergency teams are authorized to go up and get out of the train, which transports 260 passengers and 30 team members.

?Nobody gets into the train without behaviour of protection?, specifies the spokesperson of PO, the sergente Laura Nichols.

The office of the Minister for the Health of Ontario states to have retained the lessons of the blossoming of the SARS in 2003 and d?p?ch? two helicopter-ambulance.

The cause of the blossoming of the disease remains unknown. It could be biological, chemical or food.

The age and the place of residence of the victim were not specified. The train had left Vancouver.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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[Giuseppe]

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Panic and confusion. Town may be evacuated. Up to four in serious condition.

Members in tour group?

Without a preliminary blood inspection of the cases? This is pure madness. Even a toxin was inhaled, or dispersed though the body of passengers, trasported out of the scene may represent a risk. Ricin scare in Las Vegas is the most recent case.

[HenryN]

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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05090803/Emergency_Canadian_Train.html

[HenryN]

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Fatality is 60F.

[HenryN]

Re: Canada: train quarantined; one person died, others have flu-like symptoms

Without a preliminary blood inspection of the cases? This is pure madness. Even a toxin was inhaled, or dispersed though the body of passengers, trasported out of the scene may represent a risk. Ricin scare in Las Vegas is the most recent case.

It has been 3 1/2 hours since train stopped.

[Giuseppe]

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