Several people are currently missing, feared dead. Over 100 firefighters from Quebec & the US are battling the fire pic.twitter.com/E7Zyfi3EPc
— Andrew Collins (@ACollinsPhoto) July 6, 2013
American firefighters joined their Canadian counterparts to fight the blaze that followed a train derailment and explosions in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.
Live images from TVA show crude oil tankers still burning in Lac-Megantic. Been almost 12 hours. No word on casualties. ~ 30 bldgs burned.
— Ricky Leong (@RickyLeongYYC) July 6, 2013
CBC News reports, “More than 100 firefighters, some as far away as Sherbrooke, Que., and the United States, were on the scene early Saturday morning to bring the flames under control.”
1,000 people removed from homes in Lac-Megantic, Que. . Firefighters from Sherbrooke & U.S. help control the blaze.
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) July 6, 2013
Reading that firefighters from all cities were called to this huge fire. Even those in the states. Lac Megantic is close to US borders.
— Isabelle C (@Uponebuck) July 6, 2013
Fire trucks have been dispatched from northern Maine to help out, says Franklin County sherrif's office #lacmegantic
— Ben Shingler (@benshingler) July 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/phatbhat/status/353552572977659904
God bless firefighters.
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