Firefighters douse flames after a freight train loaded with oil derailed in Lac-Megantic in Canada's Quebec province on July 6, 2013 sparking explosions that engulfed about 30 buildings. - AFP
LAC MEGANTIC (Canada/Quebec): Five bodies of victims have been recovered in Quebec from the catastrophic derailment of an oil-laden cargo train, but 40 people are missing and the toll is expected to rise, Canadian officials said Sunday.
Fires that had stopped police from conducting a full search of the charred wreckage at the disaster scene in the Quebec village of Lac-Megantic have now been put out.
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