Quebec town still fighting to rise from ashes of train crash

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec – Backhoes and bulldozers are still digging out oil-seeped soil and pavement in the center of this lakeside Quebec town.

Lac Megantic has risen from ashes, 10 years after train tragedy

In 2013, a runaway train carrying 2 million gallons of crude oil derailed and crashed at the top of a hill above downtown. Explosions, fire, and ...

Lac-Mégantic rail disaster - Wikipedia

More than thirty buildings in Lac-Mégantic's town centre (roughly half of the downtown area) were destroyed, and all but three of the thirty-nine remaining ...

Quebec town fighting to recover from train disaster - The Boston Globe

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Backhoes and bulldozers are still digging out oil-seeped soil and pavement in the center of this lakeside Quebec ...

Lac-Megantic: The runaway train that destroyed a town - BBC

BBC Police photos of aftermath of explosion in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic BBC. The disaster left 47 people dead ; Canadian Press Train ...

After Lethal Crash, Quebec's Lac-Mégantic Fears Return of Oil Trains

LAC-MÉGANTIC, Quebec—A year after an oil-train explosion killed 47 people in this small town, residents are waking up to a new reality: The ...

Fight Brews Over Who Will Pay To Clean Up Quebec Train Crash

More than two weeks after a fiery train crash left 47 dead in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, the town's center remains in shambles, while a criminal ...

10 years after deadly train disaster, Lac-Mégantic still grieves for ...

Forty-seven people died after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in the Quebec town on July 6, 2013. Some businesses have been ...

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Quebec town still fighting to rise from ashes of train crash. This weekend marks a year since a Maine-owned oil train crashed and burned in Lac-Megantic, ...

Lac Megantic has risen from ashes, 10 years after train tragedy

On July 6, 2013, a runaway train hauling tanker cars full of oil barreled into Lac Megantic. Tanks exploded, and rivers of oil caught fire, ...

On the scene of Lac-Megantic's tragic train wreck | NCPR News

All 50 people still missing after the explosive train wreck in Lac-Megantic, Quebec Saturday are now presumed dead.

Police: Evidence criminal act may have led to Canada train crash

Canadian authorities have found evidence that a criminal act may have led to a train crash in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, that killed at least 15 people.

Deaths Climb From Disaster in Quebec - The New York Times

OTTAWA — The death toll in the fiery derailment of a train in a Quebec town over the weekend rose Wednesday, with the police reporting that ...

Lac-Mégantic Blast Leaves Impact On Town, Rail Industry - NPR

Three months ago, a train carrying American crude oil derailed and exploded in the heart of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killing 47 people.

Clean-up, controversy follow Lac-Megantic disaster | NCPR News

Jul 11, 2013 — All 50 people still missing after the explosive train wreck in Lac-Megantic, Quebec Saturday are now presumed dead. The ...

3 Reasons the Deadly Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster Could ...

In the five years since the oil train disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, claimed 47 lives, the world has learned much about the risks that hauling oil by rail ...

Deadly Quebec train crash to be fertile ground for lawsuits | Reuters

As investigators try to piece together how a parked oil freight train broke free and demolished the heart of a small Quebec town last ...

Lac-Mégantic: Profits before people's safety — once again

Bellefleur and others here have been fighting for the tracks to be relocated ever since that disaster. Six years later the conditions for rail ...

5 dead in Quebec derailment

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — As firefighters doused still burning oil tanker cars, more bodies were recovered Sunday in this devastated town in ...

On the 10th anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, what's ...

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 ...