Fuel train explodes in Canadian town

StriderX · 7 Jul 2013 at 18:46

Death toll risen to 5, with 40 still missing.

Still, this is only the start of any issues, there are likely toxins all over the place now, I expect a rise in cancer rates.

[TW]Fox · 7 Jul 2013 at 18:53

Pinkribbonscars said:
a couple of weeks ago there was some huge flooding in Alberta which barely seemed to have got a mention

It was all over the news :confused:

Pinkribbonscars · 7 Jul 2013 at 19:06

Oh really? It didn't look like it from this side but that's just from online newspapers etc not live TV

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Rexxar · 7 Jul 2013 at 20:34

StriderX said:
Death toll risen to 5, with 40 still missing.

Still, this is only the start of any issues, there are likely toxins all over the place now, I expect a rise in cancer rates.

Hope the death toll doesn't continue to rise, but like you say, pollution must be huge from this kind of disaster

Destination · 7 Jul 2013 at 20:40

What is light crude oil?

Are we talking kerosine and gasoline mixture? As crude oil itself needs many thousand degree to ignite, I assume this stuff is the much lighter elements we tend to burn for fuel?

Pinkribbonscars · 8 Jul 2013 at 06:46

Hikari Kisugi said:
What is light crude oil?

Are we talking kerosine and gasoline mixture? As crude oil itself needs many thousand degree to ignite, I assume this stuff is the much lighter elements we tend to burn for fuel?

http://www.encana.com/pdf/business/contractors/msds/crude-sweet.pdf

The flash point and auto ignition of that doesn't seem too high and I guess light crude oil is more flammable, still surprising that it exploded though. Rail cars have some ethylene glycol in often as antifreeze but that's not too flammable either.