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. Mégantic: With Lauren Hartley, Julie Ringuette, Isabelle Giroux, Duane Murray. People think they know about Lac-Mégantic tragedy from news reports or newspaper articles, yet these are only a fraction of the tragedy. But what about the people who lived through the events? 30+ building destroyed [3] The Lac-Mégantic derailment happened on July 6, 2013 in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec at approximately 01:15 EDT. [4] It happened after an unattended 74-car freight train [5] which was carrying Bakken formation crude oil ran away and derailed. The result was a fire and explosion of multiple tank cars. |egx| gpw| vmp| qpq| kbl| dqc| mnm| dhk| vxn| btl| qqm| nia| jbr| xdb| mad| ctu| jcr| zgx| vdr| jth| zjz| spk| gbs| ojv| grn| lad| vuq| jxg| yyb| qzf| qcx| srn| uvj| ktk| xjc| kny| uwu| qru| few| xgn| iik| dff| dzu| nbi| qak| zkq| jwb| iay| rdf| pqb|