Canada - 47 killed as train explodes, Lac-Megantic, QC, 6 July 2013

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Three confirmed dead,more bodies likely to be found. Next of kin not advised yet and location of bodies not revealed yet.

Area is considered a CRIME SCENE.

The bodies have been transported to Montreal for autopsy. Police would not confirm any details about the deceased or where exactly they were located, saying families are still being contacted.

Fire officials confirmed that three out of the five tankers that were burning had been extinguished with foam. Two more are still on fire and are at risk of explosion.

Police said because of that ongoing situation, they haven't been able to access all areas. However, they did say investigators have been on the scene overnight speaking to witnesses.

"This is considered a crime scene by Quebec police," he said.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...-train-derailment-explosion-lac-megantic.html
 
Train parked on hill before derailment
The president and CEO of Rail World Inc., the parent company of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, said the train was parked uphill of Lac-Mégantic before the incident.

"If brakes aren't properly applied on a train, it's going to run away," Edward Burkhardt told The Canadian Press. "But we think the brakes were properly applied on this train." Burkhardt, who indicated he was mystified by the disaster, said the train was parked because the engineer had finished his run.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...-train-derailment-explosion-lac-megantic.html

And parking a train loaded with explosive and flammable liquids on a hill is always a good idea. sigh.
 
So the crime scene indication refers to the investigation to come, during which it will be attempted to ascertain whether the brakes were indeed on, and, if indeed on, whether a person or persons unknown released them; or if they were left off from the start.
 
From Paul's cellphone video link above, it looks at if the train was already on fire when it went down the hill but the video is not playing all the way through for me. Am I wrong on this?
 
matou said:
From Paul's cellphone video link above, it looks at if the train was already on fire when it went down the hill but the video is not playing all the way through for me. Am I wrong on this?
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Not sure, my eyes are still too full of sleep right now to check. I guess the thing could have caught fire, which would have burned out the brake linings, perhaps, thus (perhaps again) releasing them and sending the thing hurtling into town.
 
So... Conductor supposedly checked out the rig before retiring for the night...

Yet... The brakes failed... Or burned... Sending the firy train into town?

:confused:
 
I guess the question also is, how did the boxcars become uncoupled from the engines? as the engines were found at their original location.
 
Train company is disputing that the train was already on fire by 11:30 pm before the train started moving despite photos showing this. via CBCNEWSWORLD
 
Police have said they expect more people to be found dead after a runaway train carrying light crude oil exploded in the Canadian town of Lac-Megantic.

snip....He said some people had been reported missing several times by different family members.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23215855

I am glad US firemen were able to go to assist
 
Benoit Quérion was inside a bar in the town's centre with about six others when the explosion happened.
"They're all dead,” he said, when asked if he thought any of the others had survived.

After hearing the first explosion, he ran outside the bar. He said that amidst the smoke and flames he couldn't see anything left of the train cars that exploded.

“I ran like hell. I was chased by the fire,” Quérion said.

His car was next to the explosion, and was completely destroyed, he said.

“The car's not a big deal. A lot of my friends were lost in there,” he said.
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Horrible.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news...train+derailment+explosion/8625646/story.html
 
SuziQ said:
More details and better reporting than I have seen so far. God bless all those lost.

At least five dead in Lac Mégantic train derailment, explosion
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/least+five+dead+M%C3%A9gantic+train+derailment+explosion/8625646/story.html

Lac Mégantic: What we know, what we don’t know
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Mégantic+What+know+what+know/8626661/story.html

There are more articles. But the paper is now wanting to charge me....sigh.
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It sounds like they are now able to get near the site. So more reports and fatality lists should come out today.
 
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