DEBKAfileJuly 6, 2013, 10:58 PM (GMT+02:00)
A freight train carrying tankers of crude oil derailed at high speed and exploded in a giant fireball in the middle of a the small south Canadian town of Lac-Megantic north of the US town of Maine Saturday. More than 1,000 houses were flattened. An unknown number of people are still missing. The runaway train spilled oil into the environment including the nearby lake.