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First glimpse at Canada disaster site shows scale of devastation

2013-07-17 124 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />STORY: Street lights melted and heavy rail lines buckled into a 5-foot arch after the explosion of a runaway train in the little Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, near the U.S. border, where police on Tuesday gave outsiders a first, closely monitored look at the edges of the devastation.<br/> <br />The epicenter of the blast, the "red zone" of 1.4 square kilometers, or about half a square mile, is still considered too dangerous for all but investigators and emergency workers.<br/> <br />But even from just outside that central core, the scale of the destruction is clear, with burned-down buildings, mountains of rail-related debris and charred, black, leafless trees.<br/> <br />The crash happened early in the morning of July 6, when a runaway train hauling 72 tanker cars of crude oil smashed into the town's center, derailed and exploded into vast fireballs.<br/> <br />Some 37 bodies have so far been recovered and there is no hope that any of those still missing will be f

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