Sunday, 7 July 2013

Yahoo! Philippines News - Live 2013 Philippine Elections News Updates and Results: Five die, 40 missing after Canadian freight train disaster

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Five die, 40 missing after Canadian freight train disaster
Jul 8th 2013, 03:11

A family watches the scene of an explosion by the track that leads to derailed trains in Lac Megantic, Quebec, July 7, 2013.By Richard Valdmanis and Julie Gordon LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - At least five people died and 40 were missing on Sunday after a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in the center of a small Canadian town in a disaster that raised fresh questions about shipping oil by rail. The train, which did not have an engineer aboard when it derailed, was hauling 72 tanker cars of crude from North Dakota to eastern Canada. It rolled downhill from an overnight parking spot, gathered speed and derailed on a curve in the small town of Lac-Megantic at 1 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Saturday. ...


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