On July 6, 2013, a runaway train carrying 72 tank cars loaded with volatile Bakken shale oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, a small town in southeastern Québec. It killed 47 people, orphaned ...

The Quebec Crown announced on Tuesday that no criminal charges will be filed against the Montreal Maine & Atlantic (MMA) railway in connection with the Lac-Mégantic train disaster that killed 47 ...

Note: Watch the live webcast of the TSB’s derailment report Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. ET by clicking here or tapping on the link under Related Stories. MONTREAL — An independent inquiry into last summer’s ...

LAC-MÉGANTIC Quebec (Reuters) - The Canadian government did not adequately audit the railroad company at the center of the Lac-Mégantic crude tanker disaster, which last year killed 47 people, an ...

On the warm summer night, the quiet town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, was shattered by one of Canada’s deadliest rail disasters. A runaway freight train carrying over two million gallons of crude oil ...

On Feb. 3, 2023, 38 train cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, several of which were carrying hazardous chemicals. Shortly after the collision, a massive fire broke out and residents were advised to ...

(AP) Three employees of the insolvent railway company involved in last summer’s runaway oil train disaster that killed 47 people are due to appear in court Tuesday to face criminal negligence charges ...

When a train carrying crude oil derailed in the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic in 2013, the results were catastrophic: The derailment and oil spill triggered explosions and fires that destroyed half of ...

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners filled the streets of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, on Saturday, as the families of the 47 people killed in North America's worst railway disaster in two ...

When a runaway train loaded with oil jumped the tracks in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, 47 people died in Canada’s worst rail disaster in nearly 150 years. The site of the devastating 2013 train derailment, ...

In July 2013, a runaway freight train barreled into Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The resulting explosion leveled the town center and claimed dozens of lives in one of Canada’s worst disasters. Trump promises ...