Explosion at Lac-Mégantic

[notdog1996 315]

Anybody heard what happened in the eastern townships during the night of July 6th?  

 

Here's an article to explain a bit: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/07/07/quebec-train-derailment-explosion-lac-megantic.html

 

So basically, a train transporting oil was left unattended while it was on the brakes.  It was situated on a hill, near the Lac-Mégantic municipality.  It crashed in the center of the city and then exploded into the middle of the night, causing a panic.  5 deaths are confirmed and 40 people are still missing.  Personally, I can't believe this happened.  This pains me since it could have been avoided have somebody kept an eye on that train.

 

I want to hear your thoughts on this.

[Lucifer 233]

That must have been horrible to look at.

 

First of all, the amount of polution this caused... The temperatures might rise in the following years.

 

Hopefully, the Human will stop harming himself and his own home, by stopping to be himself.

[Zygen 6,066]

Wow, this is pretty tragic sounding :/. Some crazy things happening.

 

My thoughts and prayers go to the ones who died and their families, aswell as all affected.

 

Kinda dumb how it could've been prevented to.

[notdog1996 315]

That must have been horrible to look at.

 

First of all, the amount of polution this caused... The temperatures might rise in the following years.

 

Hopefully, the Human will stop harming himself and his own home, by stopping to be himself.

 

I assure you, the news only talk about it and they showed images of the explosion.  It's truly terrifying.  In the videos, you can hear people screaming and running away.  It leaves people speechless.

 

EDIT:

 

Picture of the explosion.  Just look how big it is when compared to the houses nearby.

Edited July 8, 2013 by notdog1996