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UPDATE 8-Oil-laden freight train explodes in Canadian town, people killed
* Canadian police say death toll now one, will rise
* Runaway train jumped rails early in morning
* Transporting crude oil from North Dakota to eastern Canada
* Disaster could figure in debate on Keystone XL pipeline
Jul 6, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/07/canada-train-idUSL2N0FC0CQ20130707 [with comments]


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BBC News - Canada train explosion: 'Everyone knows someone who's unaccounted for'

Published on Jul 6, 2013 by BBCWorldNewsWatch

Around 60 people are still missing after a driverless train carrying light crude oil exploded in a small Canadian town.

Up to 1000 of Lac-Megantic's 6000 residents were forced to evacuate when the train came off its tracks and rolled downhill into the town - a number of its cars, which were filled with fuel, exploding.

Train company Montreal, Maine & Atlantic told Canada's La Presse newspaper that the train had been parked outside Lac-Megantic during an overnight driver shift-change.

No casualties have been confirmed but CBC journalist Willy Lowry told BBC News that in such a small town "everyone knows someone who's unaccounted for."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcdviBCz4Qo