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Death toll in the train disaster in Lac-Megantic rises to 33, police say
More than two dozen people are still believed missing
It's possible some of the victims were vaporized in an explosion
“The investigation is continuing, but if we decide to bring internal charges against the engineer he’s entitled to a full and impartial investigation with his union at his side,” Burkhardt said. “We’re – he’s got a big problem on his hands and we’re not trying to make that worse for him personally.”
The bodies were pulled from where a train crashed in the town of Lac-Megantic, Capt. Michel Forget said.
More than two dozen people are still believed to be missing, and the explosion and subsequent fire following the train derailment may have vaporized some of the victims, authorities have said.
Investigators are working to determine how the train, parked in nearby Nantes, began rolling toward Lac-Megantic after midnight on Saturday, July 6 – unbeknownst to dispatchers and rail traffic controllers.
Most of the 73-car train derailed in the center of the town, and tank cars full of oil exploded and burned.