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Train was ablaze prior to derailment: fire chief

July 8, 2013, Lac Megantic, Que. - The locomotive of the 73-car train that devastated a wide swath of Lac-Mégantic, Que., had been ablaze in the hours before it careened off its track and exploded, according to fire officials in the lakeside tourist town and the nearby town of Nantes. The Globe and Mail reports.

July 8, 2013  By The Globe and Mail