Discarded cigarette ignites trestle bridge fire

By CBC News  May 30, 2018  

May 30, 2018, Hope, B.C. - A small but difficult fire continues to burn on and underneath the Ladner Creek Trestle Bridge outside of Hope two days after the historic bridge caught fire. According to witnesses, on Sunday two men and one woman ventured across the dilapidated bridge and dropped a cigarette butt near the far end. By the time they returned, smoke was beginning to rise from the bridge deck. CBC News reports. | READ MORE