Scores Missing after Oil-Laden Train Explosion Rocks Small Town

[Keith Millea]

There are more pictures and a short video at the link posted at the end of this article.

Published on Saturday, July 6, 2013 by Common Dreams

Scores Missing after Oil-Laden Train Explosion Rocks Small Town

Seventy-three train cars carrying crude oil reportedly 'remote-operated'

- Lauren McCauley, staff writer

A massive fire sparked by the derailment of a train carrying crude oil is still burning in the eastern Quebec town of Lac-Megantic Saturday, July 6, 2013. (Photo:Surete du Quebec)

A massive explosion followed the derailment of a train carrying crude oil through Quebec early Friday morning, engulfing a town in flames as scores of residents remain missingconfirming, once again, the massive threat posed by the transportation of volatile fossil fuels.


The explosion occurred at roughly 1:20 AM as the train derailed while passing through the small downtown of Lac-Mégantic.

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