Lac Megantic rail disaster

Official name

Lac Megantic rail disaster

Official summary

The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster occurred in the town of Lac-Mégantic, in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada, at approximately 01:15 EDT, on July 6, 2013, when an unattended 74-car freight train carrying Bakken Formation crude oil rolled down a 1.2% grade from Nantes and derailed downtown, resulting in the fire and explosion of multiple tank cars. Forty-two people were confirmed dead, with five more missing and presumed dead. More than buildings in the town's centre, roughly half of the downtown area, were destroyed,[2] and all but three of the thirty-nine remaining downtown buildings had to be demolished due to petroleum contamination of the townsite. Initial newspaper reports described a 1-kilometre (0.6 mi) blast radius.

The death toll of 47 makes it the fourth-deadliest rail accident in Canadian history, and the deadliest involving a non-passenger train. It is also the deadliest rail accident since Canada's confederation in 1867; the last Canadian rail accident to have a higher death toll was the St-Hilaire train disaster in 1864.

Referencing

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Typology

Type 1: train crash

Type 2: money scam

Year and Date

2013

07/06

Place

Canada

Numbers

nn

Perpetrator/s

None

Alleged victims

List of victims and their ages

Name	Age
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Template:Sortname	19
Template:Sortname	24
Template:Sortname	18
Template:Sortname	36
Template:Sortname	35
Template:Sortname	27
Template:Sortname	29
Template:Sortname	51
Template:Sortname	36
Template:Sortname	33
Template:Sortname	29
Template:Sortname	61
Template:Sortname	20
Template:Sortname	43
Template:Sortname	26
Template:Sortname	46
Template:Sortname	27
Template:Sortname	37
Template:Sortname	23
Template:Sortname	28
Template:Sortname	29
Template:Sortname	50
Template:Sortname	61
Template:Sortname	36
Template:Sortname	56
Template:Sortname	32
Template:Sortname	49
Template:Sortname	33
Template:Sortname	41
Template:Sortname	29
Template:Sortname	28
Template:Sortname	30
Template:Sortname	45
Template:Sortname	36
Template:Sortname	48
Template:Sortname	57
Template:Sortname	22
Template:Sortname	4
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See also

• Glossary
• List of psyops