A 73-car oil train <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-Mégantic_derailment" id="mwAZU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lac-Mégantic derailment">derails</a> in the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-Mégantic,_Quebec" id="mwAZY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lac-Mégantic, Quebec">Lac-Mégantic, Quebec</a> and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.