People think they know about Lac-Mégantic tragedy from news reports or newspaper articles, yet these are only a fraction of the tragedy. But what about the people who lived through the events?

-"Megantic" is based on the real-life events of the July 6, 2013 train tragedy involving the largest onshore oil spill in North America. The series goes beyond what anyone has seen, or heard, in the media. It takes a deeply human look at this tragedy that shook Quebec, Canada and the world. Each episode focuses on the fate of one or a few victims and the impact of the tragedy on their loved ones, touching on such major themes as love, mental health, spirituality and grief.

A railroad tragedy of global proportions, the largest land-based oil spill ever seen in North America, a devastating human tragedy of unprecedented cruelty, the terrible events that occurred in Lac-Mégantic in 2013 are worthy of all the superlatives that have been attached to them. People think they know about the tragedy from news reports or newspaper articles, yet these are only a fraction of the tragedy. But what about the people who lived through the events?