Firefighters douse blazes after a freight train loaded with oil derailed in Lac-Megantic in Canada's Quebec province.
At least five people have been killed by a runaway train laden with oil that exploded in a small Canadian town.About six thousand people reside in the town of Lac-Megantic [meg-AN-tik] in Quebec province, 250 kilometres east of Montreal.Dozens of buildings in the town's centre have been destroyed, with the scene likened to a war zone.
At least five people have been killed by a runaway train laden with oil that exploded in a small Canadian town.About six thousand people reside in the town of Lac-Megantic [meg-AN-tik] in Quebec province, 250 kilometres east of Montreal.Dozens of buildings in the town's centre have been destroyed, with the scene likened to a war zone.
