Lac Megantic will be in the national spotlight once again, as the lakeside Quebec town prepares to mark the first anniversary of the train derailment that changed the resident’s lives.
47 people died when a runaway freight train, with 74 cars of Bakken formation crude oil, crashed into the middle of town. The resulting inferno destroyed 30 buildings and the area is still cordoned-off.
Various media outlets are back in the town to report on what has changed, how much help the community has received and what remains to be done.
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