As recently as last year, B.C.’s Ministry of Forests believed that Canada’s largest railway company played a role in the deadly wildfire that destroyed Lytton. In a February 2024 letter to the Canadian National Railway, provincial officials told the company that it intended to seek restitution for costs for the fire. But just six weeks later, the province reversed course and closed the file, according to documents released in response to a freedom of information request. …Last September, the RCMP wrapped up its three-year investigation without laying charges, saying it could not determine what caused the fire. …The letters provide another glimpse at investigations that have largely remained hidden from the public since Lytton burned four years ago. …A lack of information about the cause of the wildfire in Lytton hasn’t stopped a flurry of lawsuits against railway companies CN and Canadian Pacific, as well as federal and provincial agencies, in recent years.