CN fuel cars derail, explode west of Edmonton

[blondebeaker]

A CN Rail train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil has derailed and exploded about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton, prompting an evacuation in the tiny community of Gainford

Comments

[spiritoftherain]

Oh, fucking hell! Didn't this already happen in Quebec?!

[blondebeaker]

Yup, Lac Magnatic (sp?) That one was right downtown. Thankfully this was only on the outskirts, I think. I live in Ontario right now so my knowledge of the area is not that great.

[spiritoftherain]

Goddamn. How much more are Canadians going to take of this deregulating, oil-loving government? How much worse could it have been in British Columbia if Christie Clark had let the tankers through?

Such fucked up times in Canada right now, even with what's going on with the US. I'm really angry about this.

[romp]

me too..but you know what happens if you get in the way of corporations

[betray802]

Yup.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-M%C3%A9gantic_derailment

I was making an effort to try and follow it (Mom's family traces back to southern Quebec, thankfully nobody lives in Lac-Megantic) until I got to the point of wanting to murder people.