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Monday, July 8, 2013

City Fire Chief Reacts To Rail Disaster

The City's fire chief thinks it's a little too soon to be drawing parallels between the Lac Megantic derailment and explosion and the potential for a similar disaster in Saint John.
 

Kevin Clifford tells CHSJ News the National Transportation Safety Board has a significant regulatory process to ensure the rail lines are safe. 

The rail cars were carrying crude destined for the Irving Oil Refinery.

He says we should wait until see what the investigation finds before drawing any comparisons.

Clifford says our firefighters are trained for these types of events adding worst case scenarios are their business.