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Many in the community lost family, friends, neighbours and co-workers. Forty-seven people were killed. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada identified multiple causes for the accident, principally leaving a train unattended on a main line, failure to set enough handbrakes, and lack of a backup safety mechanism. The death toll of 47 makes this the fourth-deadliest rail accident in Canadian history, and the deadliest involving a non-passenger train. It is also the deadliest rail accident since Canada's confederation in The last Canadian rail accident to have a higher death toll was the St-Hilaire train disaster in , which killed VIA Rail discontinued passenger service on the route in December owing to the pending change in ownership, as VIA regulations then prohibited its passenger trains from operating on tracks that were not owned by either of Canada's two national railway companies. The eastern half of the line between Brownville Junction and Saint John was sold to the industrial conglomerate J. Disaster in Quebec LacM
Here’s a look at how little has changed when it comes to rail safety since the disaster in rural Québec10 years ago. Bruce Campbell. On July 6, , a train carrying 72 tank cars of toxic shale oil derailed and exploded. Forty-seven people died that night, their hopes and dreams obliterated, futures wiped out. Two more victims followed in suicides. Twenty-seven children lost their parents. LacM gantic marks 12th
, marked the 12th anniversary of a rail disaster that killed 47 people when a runaway train derailed and smashed into downtown, an advocate warned that more needs. It killed 47 people, orphaned 26 children, spilled a record six million litres of oil and incinerated the town centre. Austerity produced a vicious cycle where gutted regulatory resources increased pressure to devolve responsibility to private companies. Euphemistically called co-regulation or partnership, it was, in effect, self-regulation. Read more: Why major Canadian railways must no longer be permitted to police themselves. In the years leading up to the disaster, the volume of oil transported by rail in Canada soared from tank cars in to , in 
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Explosions, fire, and rivers of oil that seeped into sewer systems. Although standard parking procedures were followed, insufficient handbrakes were applied - a fatal oversight. Firefighters extinguished the blaze by shutting down the engine, unaware this action would release the brakes. Gaining speed, it derailed at a curve in the center of town. The impact ignited the crude oil, creating towering fireballs and a blaze so intense it burned for two days. Entire blocks were reduced to ash, and many victims were never identified due to the severity of the fire. A federal investigation revealed a disturbing picture of poor safety protocols , inadequate regulations , and profit-driven decision-making.