Haiti explosion: At least 62 dead after gas tanker explodes in Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second largest city

Published:Dec 7, 202310:52
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The state of affairs stays "critical," Deputy Mayor Patrick Almonor stated on Tuesday, who additionally prolonged an enchantment for blood donations.Almonor stated the gasoline tanker exploded after it had stopped as a result of mechanical points and commenced leaking gas. People gathered to gather gasoline straight from the truck when the explosion occurred, he stated. Haiti has been crippled by a extreme gasoline scarcity that has led to energy outages and protests.
Cap-Haitien is the country's second-largest city.
The harm to the city is intensive, based on Almonor. "We have nearly 50 houses impacted by the fire and most of them will need to be demolished," he stated.
"The city will need a lot of help to come out of this tragedy, the central government is offering to help but we are waiting to see it," he added. "We believe we will need more than just the central government, the situation is critical."
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Local officers say rescue efforts are ongoing and that the dying toll is predicted to rise. Haitian authorities say they've deployed two subject hospitals to Cap Haitien.At least six folks had been airlifted from Cap-Haitien to a hospital specializing in extreme burns in capital city Port-au-Prince, based on Doctors with out Borders, which runs the hospital.UNICEF will ship medical kits for hospitals in Cap-Haitien for the remedy of the burn victims, based on a press release from spokesman Ndiaga Seck."UNICEF sympathizes with the pain of grieving families and families whose members have been injured," added Seck in the assertion.Haiti's Prime (*62*) Ariel Henry has declared three days of nationwide mourning in the wake of the explosion, "in memory of the victims of this tragedy which grieves the entire Haitian nation."



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