# Lac Magentic Train Disaster (inferno in a Canadian town)

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**Created:** [July 10, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lac-magentic-train-disaster-inferno-in-a-canadian-town/663179 "2013-07-10T22:36:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lac-magentic-train-disaster-inferno-in-a-canadian-town/663179/21 "2013-07-12T16:16:06Z")

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> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#):
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> Wow, how did a firefighter begin to know how to move train cars around?

i don’t have much details of that claim.

it was a volunteer firefighter. either it could be a person who works with rail cars, the rail car mover was from a factory, or was someone trained by the railroad on how to move cars in case of emergency because of the rail yard in the town.

the fire department that put out the locomotive fire where the train was parked had training from the railroad on shutting off the engine in cases of emergency.

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