Lac-Megantic tragedy by the numbers
Posted Jul 8, 2013 01:40:00 PM.
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LAC MEGANTIC, Que. – A look at some of the key numbers, as of Monday afternoon, related to the train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que:
Number of declared dead: Five
Number of people considered missing: About 40
Number of buildings destroyed: Between 30 and 40
Number of people forced out of their homes: Between 1,500 and 2,000
Number of Lac-Megantic residents: 6,000
Number of cars on the train: 72 carloads of crude oil and five locomotives
Number of litres of fuel being carried: Nearly 100,000 in each car
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