The official death toll from a runaway freight train that derailed and exploded in the middle of small Quebec town has risen to five, dpa quoted police as saying Sunday. Richard Benoit, a spokesman for Quebec security forces, said about 40 people had been reported missing by family members, but he cautioned that the "figure can change in either direction, either up or down." A day after the accident, officials said some zones at the scene in Lac-Megantic were still too hot for investigators to enter. The Quebec province coroner's office was setting up a structure to handle multiple deaths, said Genevieve Guilbault of that office.
