Canada train crash death toll rises, at least 50 still missing

Investigators probing an oil train derailment and blaze which killed at least 13 people and wiped out the centre of a small town are focusing on an earlier fire on the same train and the possibility that the actions which followed it might have somehow caused the locomotive’s brakes to fail several hours later.

Inspectors, meanwhile, are searching for remains in the wreckage after finally being cleared to enter the area – almost three days after the disaster. A total of 50 people are missing, including the 13 unidentified victims, and the death toll is expected to rise.