Ottawa: Police announced on Thursday they had found four more bodies amid the ruins of Lac-Megantic, the Quebec town devastated when an oil tanker train derailed and exploded, bringing the body count to 42.
Authorities said they are still searching for remains after the accident, in which some 50 are presumed to have died.
"We have found four more victims," Quebec police inspector Michel Forget told a press conference.
The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway's runaway oil tanker train derailed on July 6 in Lac-Megantic, a resort town of 6,000 near the Canada-US border. Waves of fire gutted several streets in the town center.
Authorities said they are still searching for remains after the accident, in which some 50 are presumed to have died.
"We have found four more victims," Quebec police inspector Michel Forget told a press conference.
The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway's runaway oil tanker train derailed on July 6 in Lac-Megantic, a resort town of 6,000 near the Canada-US border. Waves of fire gutted several streets in the town center.
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