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7月6日，加拿大魁北克省东部拉克梅冈蒂克市列车出轨事故现场冒出滚滚浓烟。 加拿
大魁北克省东部拉克梅冈蒂克市6日凌晨发生一起运送原油列车出轨事故，造成多个油
罐爆炸起火，上千居民被紧急疏散，有报道称约60人失踪。
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/06/train-carrying-crude-oi
A large swath of a town in eastern Quebec was destroyed Saturday after a
train carrying crude oil derailed, sparking several explosions forcing the
evacuation of up to 1,000 people, killing at least one.
Several people were reported missing and officials reported one death in the
town of Lac-Megantic (Lack-MAH-Gan-Tic), about 155 miles east of Montreal.
The explosions ignited a blaze that sent flames shooting into the sky, and
billowing smoke could be seen from several miles (kilometers) away hours
after the derailment. Some of the train's 73 cars exploded and the fire
spread to a number of homes in the town of 6,000 people.
Lac-Megantic resident Claude Bedard described the scene of the explosions as
"dreadful."
"It's terrible," Bedard said. "We've never seen anything like it. The Metro
store, Dollarama, everything that was there is gone."
"The flames in the sky were really impressive," said resident Pierre Lebeau.
The cause of the derailment was not immediately known.
Authorities set up perimeters as firefighters battled to control the fire,
and worried residents looked on amid fears that some of their friends and
loved ones may have died in their homes.
"We're told some people are missing but they may just be out of town or on
vacation," Brunet told a news conference.
Environment Quebec spokesman Christian Blanchette said a large but
undetermined amount of fuel had also spilled into the Chaudiere (Ah-DER-Re)
River.
"Right now, there is big smoke in the air, so we have a mobile laboratory
here to monitor the quality of the air," Blanchette said.
"We also have a spill on the lake and the river that is concerning us. We
have advised the local municipalities downstream to be careful if they take
their water from the Chaudiere River."
Firefighters and rescue workers from several neighboring municipalities,
including Sherbrooke and Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, were called in to help
deal with the disaster. A fleet of fire trucks from northern Maine were also
deployed to the Quebec town, according to a spokesman at the sheriff's
office in Franklin County. The town is about 135 miles (217 kilometers)
north of the Maine border.
The train, reportedly heading toward Maine, belongs to Montreal Maine &
Atlantic. According to the railroad's website, the company owns more than
500 miles (800 kilometers) of track serving Maine, Vermont, Quebec and New
Brunswick.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/06/train-carrying-crude-oil-derails-in-quebec/#ixzz2YKDXR2Bf |
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