La Train d’Enfer - The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Episode 173 - On July 6, 2013, in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, an unattended 73-car freight train carrying crude oil rolled down a grade and derailed downtown, multiple tank cars exploded, resulting in a massive fire. More than 30 buildings in the town's core were destroyed, and, sadly, forty-seven people lost their lives.Sources:[Ville Lac-Mégantic - Une ville à coeur ouvert][Déraillement mortel d’un train à Lac-Mégantic - Ville Lac-Mégantic][Balado Découverte - Le Marcheur d’étoiles | Circuit touristique de Lac-Mégantic][Cinq clés pour comprendre la tragédie de Lac-Mégantic | Radio-Canada.ca][10 of Canada’s worst train accidents - Macleans.ca][Firefighter watched ghost train barrel past him moments before Lac-Mégantic derailment | CBC News][Rail at center of Quebec town tragedy and heart of its recovery | Reuters][Lac-Megantic’s resilience tested after ‘le train d’enfer’ - CentralMaine.com][Summary of Railway Investigation Report R13D0054 - TSB Canada][Railway Investigation Full Report R13D0054 - TSB Canada][Lac-Mégantic MMA Train Accident - 6 July 2013 - YouTube][Audio: Train engineer and railway company talk as Lac-Mégantic burns - The Globe and Mail][Lac-Mégantic engineer Thomas Harding’s firing ruled illegal - Montreal | Globalnews.ca][YouTube - Angry Lac Megantic residents seek answers - Global News][YouTube - Lac-Mégantic News Conference - Investigation Report Release][YouTube - Lac-Mégantic engineer calls released][YouTube - Tragédie Lac Mégantic - Pierre Duquet][YouTube - Incendie à Lac-Mégantic - username Nitrof Taz][Wayback Machine - Montreal Gazette - Lives lost: Remembering Lac-Mégantic’s victims][Global News Search - Lac-Mégantic][Lac-Mégantic rail disaster - Wikipedia] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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