Netflix comes under fire for using real footage of the Lac-Mégantic train disaster

Netflix comes under fire for using real footage of the Lac-Mégantic train disaster

By VALERIE EDWARDS

Netflix has been slammed for using real footage of the deadly Lac-Mégantic train crash for a scene in the movie Bird Box. In the popular Netflix film, footage of the crash appeared within the first five minutes as a scene within a scene (pictured)

Netflix's post-apocalyptic survival film Bird Box is drawing criticism for using footage of a real fiery train disaster but the streaming giant has no plans to remove it. 

The footage concerns a 2013 tragedy in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic when an unattended train carrying crude oil rolled down an incline, came off the tracks and exploded into a massive ball of fire, killing 47 people. 

Netflix licensed the footage of the disaster from the stock image vendor Pond 5 and used it in Bird Box in an early TV news montage to set up its horrific premise.

In the popular Netflix film, footage of the crash appeared within the first five minutes.

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