# Railroad fuel cars explode in small Quebec town

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 7, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/railroad-fuel-cars-explode-in-small-quebec-town/662851 "2013-07-07T03:51:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/railroad-fuel-cars-explode-in-small-quebec-town/662851/101 "2017-10-28T01:15:05Z")

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Every now and then I think of this accident and the dead.

God rest their souls.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/railroad-fuel-cars-explode-in-small-quebec-town/662851/102 "2017-10-28T01:18:05Z")

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In addition to the loss of life, Magog was a beautiful little town. I assume all changed now, with its 19th century town centre destroyed.

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/railroad-fuel-cars-explode-in-small-quebec-town/662851/103 "2017-10-28T02:09:02Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Magog was a beautiful little town …

Note that the destruction happened in Lac-Mégantic, about 100 km ENE of Magog.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/railroad-fuel-cars-explode-in-small-quebec-town/662851/104 "2017-10-28T02:37:34Z")

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This was a multi-faceted tragedy where everything that could possibly have gone wrong did.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/railroad-fuel-cars-explode-in-small-quebec-town/662851/105 "2017-10-28T04:09:53Z")

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> [@Xema](#):
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> Note that the destruction happened in Lac-Mégantic, about 100 km ENE of Magog.

Too little sleep the past few days. That’s what I meant to say.

:smack:

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