Canadian authorities launch criminal probe in train blast
Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2013 | 9:34 AM
A criminal inquiry has been launched in Canada into the derailment of an oil train that killed at least 15 people in a small Quebec town on Saturday.
Quebec police inspector Michel Forget said investigators had found evidence leading them toward a criminal probe.
The runaway train derailed in the town of Lac-Megantic, exploding and destroying dozens of buildings.
Investigators are focusing on whether the brakes were released as it was parked in a town several miles away.
In addition to the dead, as many as 35 others remain unaccounted for.
However, the authorities have also warned some of the bodies may have been burnt to ashes in the explosion and may never be recovered.
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