(Source: Globe and Mail, August 3, 2017)
TORONTO — A 2015 oil train crash and explosion in Northern Ontario was caused by an improperly repaired rail that failed, the Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday. The chair of the rail safety investigator called on Transport Canada to improve its track inspections to better predict track problems and reduce the risk of railway disasters similar to the Canadian National Railway Co. derailment near Gogama, Ont., that spilled 2.6 million litres of oil and burned for three days.
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