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Quebec Remembers Victims of Oil Train Disaster
Crowds packed a church in the eastern Quebec town of Lac-Megantic Sunday to remember the 47 people who were killed there a year ago when a runaway oil train derailed and exploded, sending cataclysmic fireballs that obliterated a large swath of the downtown district.
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Canada Town Ravaged by Oil Train Fire Still in Turmoil
One year after an oil-laden train derailed, exploded and killed 47 people in a town in Canada's Quebec province, trains are rolling again but locals are hardly thrilled.
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Train carrying Canadian oil derails, leaks in Pennsylvania
A 120-car Norfolk Southern Corp train carrying heavy Canadian crude oil derailed and spilled in western Pennsylvania on Thursday.
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Oil-laden train derails, ignites in Canada: officials
An oil-bearing train derailed and ignited in western Canada Saturday, just months after the massive Lac-Megantic catastrophe highlighted the danger of transporting fuel by rail.
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Six killed after passenger train, bus collide in Canada's capital
A passenger train and a double-decker city bus collided on the outskirts of Ottawa today, killing six people on the bus and injuring 30 others, emergency officials said.
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42 confirmed dead from Canada rail disaster
Police announced on Thursday they had found four more bodies amid the ruins of Lac-Megantic, the Quebec town devastated when an oil tanker train derailed and exploded, bringing the body count to 42.
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Bell tolls 50 times for Quebec dead in train disaster
A week after the heart of the Quebec village of Lac-Megantic was devastated in a fireball in one of the worst train accidents in Canadian history, the St Agnes church bell rang 50 times on Saturday, once for each person believed to have died.
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Canada train disaster: Railway blames firefighters for letting brakes loose
The US rail company at the center of Canada's worst train disaster in recent history on Tuesday blamed firefighters for the deadly derailment, as police indicated they believe it could be a case of criminal negligence.
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Canada train crash: death toll jumps to 13, around 37 still missing
The death toll in Quebec's oil train disaster jumped to 13 people on Monday and police said about 37 more people were missing, a sign the derailment and explosion could be the worst accident in Canada since the Swissair crash of 1998.
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Five die, 40 missing after Canadian freight train disaster
At least five people died and 40 were missing on Sunday after a runaway train carrying crude oil exploded and destroyed the center of a small Canadian town in a disaster that raises fresh questions about shipping oil by rail.
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Quebec Remembers Victims of Oil Train Disaster
Crowds packed a church in the eastern Quebec town of Lac-Megantic Sunday to remember the 47 people who were killed there a year ago when a runaway oil train derailed and exploded, sending cataclysmic fireballs that obliterated a large swath of the downtown district.
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Canada Town Ravaged by Oil Train Fire Still in Turmoil
One year after an oil-laden train derailed, exploded and killed 47 people in a town in Canada's Quebec province, trains are rolling again but locals are hardly thrilled.
-
Train carrying Canadian oil derails, leaks in Pennsylvania
A 120-car Norfolk Southern Corp train carrying heavy Canadian crude oil derailed and spilled in western Pennsylvania on Thursday.
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Oil-laden train derails, ignites in Canada: officials
An oil-bearing train derailed and ignited in western Canada Saturday, just months after the massive Lac-Megantic catastrophe highlighted the danger of transporting fuel by rail.
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Six killed after passenger train, bus collide in Canada's capital
A passenger train and a double-decker city bus collided on the outskirts of Ottawa today, killing six people on the bus and injuring 30 others, emergency officials said.
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42 confirmed dead from Canada rail disaster
Police announced on Thursday they had found four more bodies amid the ruins of Lac-Megantic, the Quebec town devastated when an oil tanker train derailed and exploded, bringing the body count to 42.
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Bell tolls 50 times for Quebec dead in train disaster
A week after the heart of the Quebec village of Lac-Megantic was devastated in a fireball in one of the worst train accidents in Canadian history, the St Agnes church bell rang 50 times on Saturday, once for each person believed to have died.
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Canada train disaster: Railway blames firefighters for letting brakes loose
The US rail company at the center of Canada's worst train disaster in recent history on Tuesday blamed firefighters for the deadly derailment, as police indicated they believe it could be a case of criminal negligence.
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Canada train crash: death toll jumps to 13, around 37 still missing
The death toll in Quebec's oil train disaster jumped to 13 people on Monday and police said about 37 more people were missing, a sign the derailment and explosion could be the worst accident in Canada since the Swissair crash of 1998.
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Five die, 40 missing after Canadian freight train disaster
At least five people died and 40 were missing on Sunday after a runaway train carrying crude oil exploded and destroyed the center of a small Canadian town in a disaster that raises fresh questions about shipping oil by rail.
