Saturday, 6 July 2013

Canadian train carrying hundreds of tons of oil derails explodes in fireball in Quebec town




Destruction: About 30 buildings in the center of the town, near the border with Maine, have burnt down Wiped out: Piles of brick are all that remain of several buildings close to where the rail cars exploded
Scorched: Burnt out cars and rubble can be seen as the railway cars continue to burn Derailment: Smoke is still filling the streets around where the 73-car freight train derailed

The train carrying crude oil derailed overnight in the heart of the small town in Quebec's Eastern Townships, forcing 1,000 people from their homes.

Witnesses reported between four and six explosions overnight in the town of about 6,000 people. The derailment happened at about 1 a.m. ET, about 250 kilometres east of Montreal.

Quebec provincial police confirmed one death on Saturday afternoon, and Sgt. Grégory Gomez del Prado told CBC it's possible up to 100 people could be missing, although he said it is difficult to pin down an exact number.

“It’s like the town has been cut by a knife,” he said, referring to the fire that tore through the community's downtown. .cbc. Reported

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