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The first victim of a runaway oil train's explosive derailment in a Quebec town has been identified, more than five days since the disaster.
Eliane Parenteau, 93, lived alone in her home right next to the railway line, in downtown Lac-Megantic.
She was a high-spirited woman, the only remaining survivor of 11 siblings, and still lived in the family home where she raised her own children.
Defiant Mrs Parenteau had told her family that she did not ever want to end up in a nursing home, preferring to die in her own home.
Her son Michel Boulanger, described his mother as 'kicking and alive' and always had a humuorous approach to life.