In Canada, the number of people who died in the explosion with oil reached five people

In the Canadian Province of Quebec, the number of a commodity train with oil and the followed fire died as a result of the accident and, most likely, will grow. This was stated by the official representative of the police, Lieutenant Michel Brunet.

“We believe that there will be still dead,” he said. According to Brunet, rescue work at the emergency site continues, and about 40 people are in the list of missing people, ITAR-TASS reports.

Previously reported a hundred missing . True, it was explained that sometimes they call with a missing message several times, because they do different relatives.

The composition of 73 tanks with raw oil, which was in the United States, got off the rails in the city of Lacheantik on the night of Saturday, July 6, after which exploded.

The fire that had arisen was such a force that the local authorities had to evacuate about a thousand residents of nearby regions of the city, whose population is 6 thousand people (data for 2006).

Over 100 firefighters, including from the United States, were involved in the elimination of fires. Despite all efforts, it was not possible to save the city center, which was almost completely destroyed as a result of explosions and fire.

Until the evening of Sunday, two more oil tanks continued to burn - they could explode at any time. Fortunately, the fire still managed to put out. “The fire is extinguished. We won,” AFP quotes the head of the fire department of the city of Lak -Mezhentik Denis Lozona.

The circumstances of the tragedy are clarified. At the moment, it has been established that the railway staff was uncontrollable.

According to the train, the driver, the driver put him on the parking lot and waited for his shiftman when the train suddenly started and, accelerated on the descent, got off the rails.