The death toll from a gas tanker truck explosion in Haiti on Tuesday which left many of its victims 'burned alive' has risen to at least 50.
Jâai appris, avec désolation et émoi, la triste nouvelle de lâexplosion, hier soir, au Cap-Haïtien, dâun camion citerne qui transportait de l'essence et qui a causé, selon un bilan partiel, une quarantaine de morts, des dizaines de blessés, ainsi que dâimportants dégâts matérielsThe explosion occurred after the driver of a truck tanker reportedly swerved to avoid a motorcycle...
The closest hospital to the site of the accident was overwhelmed by the number of patients transported to the facility. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has called for a three day period of national mourning following Tuesday’s blast. “Three days of national mourning will be decreed throughout the land, in memory of the victims of this tragedy which has devastated the whole Haitian nation.”
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