Canadian Cargo Train Derails, Erupts in Flames - Fire, Maine , Quebec
Tocolist.com - This train carrying crude oil, igniting, erupting in flames, forcing homes to evacuate. One person reported dead. Fireball lighting up the sky.
The fire still raging, center of the town destroyed. All of this happened just north of the border from maine in canada. Firefighters from both countries rushing to help and gio benitez is on the scene tonight.
Reporter: David, firefighters describe this as a war zone. The train exploding overnight, virtually wiping out an entire downtown area. The freight train carrying 70 tankers of flammable crude oil through quebec derailed, around 1:00 a.
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We don't know the mechanism of the derailment. Reporter: At least 1,000 residents evacuated before flames consumed the town of lac-megantic. Car after car of the 73-car train exploded, spreading flames to homes in this hamlet of 6,000 but an unknown number of people are yet accounted for.
The plane traveling flew quebec and heading into maine. A fleet of firefighters from maine, 135 miles south deployed to battle the blazes. Among concerns tonight it appears near the explosion site a bar was packed with people.