New Data Regarding Oil Spill in Lac-Mégantic, QC

Quebec’s environmental department has recently discovered that larger amounts of oil, than previously stated, were spilled during the train crash this summer in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.

The department originally estimated that 5.6 million liters of crude oil was released on July 6, but recent data has shown that the spill actually released 5.978 million liters.

Oil was either burned or spilled in the 72-car train crash, which also killed 47 people.

It has been recorded that oil from the crash has reached as far as 120 kilometers downriver from the crash site.

Paul Benoit of Quebec’s environment department has discussed that decontamination and cleanup operations are still ongoing.