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39. Video of the train on fire at Nantes

Sun Jul 7, 2013, 11:37 PM

Jul 2013

http://fr.video.canoe.tv/video/en-vedette/en-vedette-aujourdhui/1906868890/explosions-a-lac-megantic-un-wagon-en-feu-apercu-a-nantes-quelques-heures-plus-tot-la-video-dun-temoin/2530685510001

Can someone translate the French?

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Updated: Quebec Disaster: "You have to understand: there are no wounded. They�re all dead.� [View all] cali Jul 2013 OP

Is there a concise report of what they suspect happened? TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #1

a few stories go into some detail regarding what is currently thought to be known cali Jul 2013 #2

Thank you, cail and suffragette - TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #6

This sounds like the work of eco-terrorists. n/t leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #62

Timeline of what they know so far suffragette Jul 2013 #3

This is odd magellan Jul 2013 #22

Seems odd to me, too suffragette Jul 2013 #32

Video of the train on fire at Nantes FarCenter Jul 2013 #39

It doesn't say much laundry_queen Jul 2013 #40

Heard someone say that many of the missing folks were likely to have been malaise Jul 2013 #30

That is scary suffragette Jul 2013 #33

from what I've read, they aren't wondering. they know. cali Jul 2013 #34

Tragic suffragette Jul 2013 #36

Five confirmed dead, forty missing. bluedigger Jul 2013 #4

shit. this is so ghastly. and it could happen in so many locations, particularly in the Northeast cali Jul 2013 #5

The Gazette has several other interesting articles today. bluedigger Jul 2013 #7

At least the number of missing has gone down from 60 to 40 cali Jul 2013 #8

Yeah, I noticed that colossal understatement, too. bluedigger Jul 2013 #9

K&R! This wasn't even on the news this morning! I completely missed the story, until your post! chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #50

reporting seems sort of an afterthought with the plane crash dembotoz Jul 2013 #10

Oh, it's a far, far worse disaster. Really no comparison cali Jul 2013 #11

It's more about the location of the event. bluedigger Jul 2013 #12

Maybe. And San Francisco is a major city that everyone knows cali Jul 2013 #13

And if you were a reporter which would you cover? bluedigger Jul 2013 #14

lol. (not that there's much to laugh at) cali Jul 2013 #15

It's human nature to find humor in tragic events. bluedigger Jul 2013 #16

If I keep kicking this, it's not only because it's a major tragedy that isn't getting much attention cali Jul 2013 #17

ty stuntcat Jul 2013 #19

I read it was from the Bakken field in N. Dakota malokvale77 Jul 2013 #37

40 hours later and fires are still burning. areas still unaccessible cali Jul 2013 #18

kick cali Jul 2013 #20

I so don't get the lack of interest here in this human, enviromental and infratructure disaster cali Jul 2013 #21

There's nothing to disagree with, hence the crickets I assume. Cleita Jul 2013 #23

Thanks Cleita, but we're DUers, I'm sure we can find something to disagree about here cali Jul 2013 #25

Our Canadian DUers never speak of Canadian issues. Why is that? Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #60

Um, I've been posting on cali's threads laundry_queen Jul 2013 #61

you certainly have been and I appreciate it. n/t cali Jul 2013 #63

Awful. Just awful. City Lights Jul 2013 #24

k+r ..nt TeeYiYi Jul 2013 #26

The quote from the company in the Globe&Mail story is confusing to me. Brickbat Jul 2013 #27

Lac Megantic's survivors are asking politicians why the train had just ONE engineer... Amonester Jul 2013 #42

Regulation exboyfil Jul 2013 #45

Many shorter lines have gone to one engineer instead of an engineer and a conductor to "save money." Brickbat Jul 2013 #49

Kick! octoberlib Jul 2013 #28

and not the least of it is that this lovely place is polluted for some time to come. cali Jul 2013 #29

Horrible. Best wishes for everyone there. idwiyo Jul 2013 #31

the black box has been recovered cali Jul 2013 #35

How awful! A Little Weird Jul 2013 #38

K&R for you and for Lac-M�gantic laundry_queen Jul 2013 #41

Why the U.S. media has been so lacking on this story, I'll never know cali Jul 2013 #43

Deadly Derailment in Quebec Underlines Oil Debate cali Jul 2013 #44

Tank car conclusions/recs from NTSB investigation of the 2009 IL accident pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #46

This is the first time I've heard of this. OMG. That is horrifying! liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #47

The U.S. Media is doing a for shit job covering this major story cali Jul 2013 #48

40 still missing after Quebec oil train crash bluedigger Jul 2013 #52

It doesn't appear that they'll be able to recover much in the way of bodies cali Jul 2013 #53

Kick. nt IdaBriggs Jul 2013 #51

Evironmental aspects to this disaster cali Jul 2013 #54

Policy implications? Sgent Jul 2013 #55

But the spills from pipelines are much larger cali Jul 2013 #56

We need to stop externalizing the price of gas. bluedigger Jul 2013 #57

My first reaction to this "accident" is that it is unbelievable. But it isn't, is it? snappyturtle Jul 2013 #58

you're right. It's not unbelievable and it is a crime- even if it's not sabotage cali Jul 2013 #59