Haiti Fuel Truck Explosion Kills About 40 People

Country decrees three days of mourning

Gessika Thomas e Brian Ellsworth - Repórteres da Reuters

Published on 14/12/2021 - 12:54

Porto Príncipe

The explosion of a truck carrying fuel in the city of Cap Haitien, Haiti, last Monday night (local time) killed about 40 people, Prime Minister Ariel Henry reported today (14) on Twitter. The Caribbean country will have three days of mourning for the victims.

"I learned, with desolation and emotion, the sad news of the explosion last night in Cap Haitien of a tanker truck carrying gasoline," Henry wrote on Twitter.

Dozens of people were injured, he added.

Haiti faced serious fuel supply problems this year, in part due to the blocking of fuel delivery terminals for a month by gangs demanding Henry's resignation.

Text translated using artificial intelligence.