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]
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."
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