1979 Mississauga train derailment
1979 industrial disaster in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mississauga train derailment, also known as the Mississauga Miracle, occurred on November 10, 1979, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, when a CP Rail freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed and caught fire. More than 200,000 people were evacuated in the largest peacetime evacuation in North America until Hurricane Katrina. The fire was caused by a failure of the lubricating system. No deaths resulted from the incident.
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Date | November 10, 1979 11:53 p.m. |
Location | Mississauga, Ontario |
Coordinates | 43.5710°N 79.6401°W / 43.5710; -79.6401 |
Country | Canada |
Operator | CP Rail |
Incident type | Derailment |
Cause | Overheated journal bearing |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Crew | 2 |
Deaths | 0 |
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