The centre
of a small town in Quebec, Canada, has been destroyed, after a train carrying
tons of crude oil derails and explodes in the early hour of Saturday morning.
The train
was in the town of Lac-Megantic, close to Quebec's border.
Around
1,000 local people were evacuated from their homes as fireballs
shot several metres in the air, flames spread to nearby homes and thick acrid
smoke filled the air.
The force of
the blaze has prevented emergency workers from getting close to the damaged
buildings to check for survivors.
Police have not been unable to determine whether there were any casualties.
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