LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - Authorities in the severely damaged Quebec town of Lac-Megantic said some residents could start returning home on Tuesday, three days after a runaway train derailed and exploded, killing up to 50 people.
"I have excellent news to announce this morning," Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche told reporters as she announced that around 1,200 of the 2,000 people who were evacuated due to the disaster could go home. The town has 6,000 people.
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