By Richard Valdmanis and Julie Gordon LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) – Authorities in the severely damaged Quebec town of Lac-Megantic said some residents could start returning home on Tuesday, three days after a runaway train derailed and exploded, killing up to 50 people. "I have excellent news to announce this morning," Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche told reporters as she announced that around 1,200 of the 2,000 people who were evacuated due to the disaster could go home. The town has 6,000 people. The mayor said 50 factories and businesses in the blast zone would remain shut. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/quebec-disaster-death-toll-jumps-13-37-still-100727413.html

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