Fuel train explodes in Canadian town

Strife212 · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:11

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23212541

:eek:

SlyReaper · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:15

Christ on a bike, it looks like a small nuke has gone off.

Kishywish · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:22

That's absolutely horrific.

matsquatch · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:25

That's not good. The first one looks like a nuclear explosion.

TurnipHead · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:29

Awesome! Any videos?

arknor · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:30

wow the state of that road in the 3rd pic

The cars filled with fuel somehow became uncoupled, causing them to roll downhill into the town and derail, said the spokesman, Joe McGonigle.

I wonder if some kids had been fiddling with them or terrorists maybe even bruce lee's one inch punch from beyond the grave?

'Harry · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:30

I've got beers. Who has marshmallows?

Glaucus · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:31

Ouch, but omg how amazing is that angle statue photo.

And agreed, mushroom fireball.

StriderX · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:36

Well cancer numbers are about to rise there, sure enough.

I wonder what occured...

Vulcan · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:37

Strife212 said:

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?

deuse · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:46

Longbow said:
WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?

Right there having a BQ

Firestar_3x · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:49

Impressive bleve.

Derek W · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:51

Glaucus said:
Ouch, but omg how amazing is that angle statue photo.

Its obtuse

Not really that amazing though. its grainy, slightly out of focus and the composition is all wrong......

doofer · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:52

Wonder if this is anywhere near or related in some way to the Can/US Fuel Pipeline they are trying to build but keep running into lots of 'environmental' opposition?

Strange how it happened in the middle of a town...

Regy53 · 6 Jul 2013 at 22:03

The pictures are amazing. The story is not

[TW]Fox · 6 Jul 2013 at 23:20

doofer said:
Wonder if this is anywhere near or related in some way to the Can/US Fuel Pipeline they are trying to build but keep running into lots of 'environmental' opposition?

Strange how it happened in the middle of a town...

Is there anything people won't find a conspiracy theory in these days?

The opposition for that pipeline came from a different country and the pipeline will run from the OTHER SIDE of Canada down to the Gulf. This train was heading for Maine. A quick look at the map should show you that they are thousands of miles apart.

It's not strange that it happened in a town at all - the train was stabled overnight and generally they don't built rail depots in the middle of nowhere. They tend to be in towns.

People on the internet are just obsessed with conspiracy these days. Everything is some sort of conspiracy.

agnes · 6 Jul 2013 at 23:25

Hope no one was injured.

'Harry · 6 Jul 2013 at 23:29

[TW]Fox;24572369 said:
Is there anything people won't find a conspiracy theory in these days?

Ermmm no...

Geeks play games
Social misfits use forums
Losers spend 24/7 making **** up
All of us browse pr0n

Pigeon_Killer · 6 Jul 2013 at 23:29

Wasn't there some low budget made for TV film that had a similar story to this? Out of control train with highly flammable cargo?

Hope the casualties aren't too high.

Aedus · 6 Jul 2013 at 23:29

agnes said:
Hope no one was injured.

Canada train blast: At least one dead in Lac-Megantic