Lac-Megantic rail disaster, Canada, 6 July 2013 On 6 July 2013, at about 1.15am, a runaway train, operated by Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA), carrying volatile crude oil in 72 tank cars, derailed and slammed into downtown Lac-Megantic, Quebec, in Canada. The train was unattended and had rolled down from a slope about 11
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