(Source: Associated Press, July 6, 2016)
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — A runaway oil train brought death and destruction to this tiny community in Quebec, killing 47 people and destroying dozens of buildings. Three years later, trains still roll through downtown, just feet from restaurants and shops. Residents who see them as a haunting reminder of the conflagration want trains rerouted around the town, and a feasibility study of the proposed bypass, estimated to cost 115 million Canadian dollars, is underway.
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