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Rail Disaster :  Devastation in Lac-Mégantic. September 2013 Cover Image E-video E-video

Rail Disaster : Devastation in Lac-Mégantic September 2013

Summary: In the early hours of July 6, a train of 72 tankers carrying crude oil slips its breaks and rolls downhill, jumping the tracks and exploding in the small town of Lac-Mégantic, eastern Quebec. The flames and fireballs could be seen for miles. Forty-seven people died in the explosions and fires that followed. Many of them were in a nearby café.

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  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (17 min 29 sec)
    remote
    videorecording
    electronic
  • Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2013

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Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to Curio.ca channel subscribers
Participant or Performer Note: Host: Serapio, Michael ; Journalist: Daigle, Thomas ; Journalist: Lowry, Willy ; Journalist: Cullen, Catherine ; Journalist: Boudjikanian, Raffy.
System Details Note:
Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://curio.ca/en/video/rail-disaster-devastation-in-lac-megantic-3095/
Language Note:
In English.
Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:
Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Subject: Lac-Mégantic Derailment, Lac-Mégantic, Québec, 2013
Railroads -- Safety measures -- Canada
Liability for railroad accidents
Bereavement -- Lac-Mégantic
Social sciences
Canada -- History

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