O.T. Tragedy Lac M?gantic

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It was inevitable . The events that led to this explosion are amazing. The 5 loco with 78 tankers parked up a hill . The conductor says he applied hand brakes to tankers and leaves loco running with air breaks and takes taxi to town . Fire underneath engine. Firemen turn off engine extinguish fire. The engines are not restarted. Then train starts rolling down steep hill and reaches 78 km /Hr in midlle of town.Max speed zone is 10 mph.

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