At least 54 people died after a gasoline tanker exploded in Haiti’s second largest city, Cap-Haitien
The death toll is now 54, according to the local civil protection agency. Dozens of others were injured and hospitalized.
A spokesman for the civil protection agency told CNN.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry reacted to the tragedy on Tuesday morning, tweeting: “I learned the sad news about the explosion last night, in Cap-Haitien, in Cap-Haitien, of a petrol tank truck. oil, and this has caused, According to partial reports, about forty deaths, dozens of injuries, as well as extensive material damage.”
Local officials say rescue efforts are ongoing and the death toll is expected to rise.
Henry later declared three days of national mourning after the explosion, “in memory of the victims of this tragedy, which grieves the entire nation of Haiti.”
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