The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster occurred in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, on 6 July 2013, at approximately 01:15 EDT, when an unattended 73-car Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) freight train carrying Bakken Formation crude oil rolled down a 1.2% grade from Nantes and derailed downtown, resulting in the fire and explosion of multiple tank cars. More than 30 buildings destroyed, 36 to be demolished due to contamination Neglect, defective locomotive, poor maintenance, driver error, flawed operating procedures, weak regulatory oversight, lack of safety redundancy
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