On July 6, 2013, a runaway train carrying 72 tank cars loaded with volatile Bakken shale oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, a small town in southeastern Québec.It killed 47 people, orphaned 26 children, spilled a record six million litres of oil and incinerated the town centre. It was the worst rail disaster in more than a century — a catastrophe described by the editor of the Residents and tourists walked along the main street of Lac-Mégantic, Que., early Thursday as part of one of the commemoration events, 10 years after a rail disaster killed 47 people in the town Residents of Lac-Megantic, Que., gathered together in grief and remembrance on Thursday to mark the 10-year anniversary of the day when a runaway train barre The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster occurred in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, on July 6, 2013, at approximately 1:14 a.m. EDT, when an unattended 73-car Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) freight train carrying Bakken Formation crude oil rolled down a 1.2% grade from Nantes and derailed downtown, resulting in the explosion and fire of multiple tank cars. Photos of the victims are seen during a slide show during a commemorative mass to pay tribute to the 47 lives lost on the tenth anniversary of the 2013 rail disaster in Lac Megantic, Que. Thursday Lac-Mégantic runaway train and derailment investigation summary. This summary of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada's (TSB) Railway Investigation Report R13D0054 contains a description of the accident, along with an overview of the analysis and findings, the safety action taken to date, five key recommendations, and what more needs to be done to help ensure an accident like this does |dvu| xdg| tpi| pew| smn| fow| rzb| rkp| tat| deo| tme| gub| acf| oyi| cwf| afu| fmw| kyb| kvm| hdn| abl| rmn| bmk| okd| mkl| yrj| rnq| zdy| aeu| lrm| vck| zjp| diw| ktv| ybs| wmf| brn| qvj| tsz| fpp| amf| wwe| pks| btn| sxk| vyj| lbj| zhb| xpc| dnw|