Live! Engineer blamed for Canada train blast

July 11, 2013 01:15

A train operator's chief executive has blamed a local engineer for a runaway train that derailed and exploded in a Quebec town, killing at least 15. Rail World boss Edward Burkhardt said he did not believe the last engineer had set a series of hand brakes, despite the engineer's protestations. Residents heckled him as he visited Lac-Megantic.

Sixty people are now known to be dead or missing after Saturday morning's disaster. At least 30 buildings were razed by the fireball from the explosion.

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