Published 09/14/2024 7:42:00 p.m.

Fuel truck explosion kills at least 15 people in Haiti

A tanker truck carrying gasoline exploded in Haiti, killing at least 15 people and injuring 40 others, according to officials.
The explosion occurred as people were trying to retrieve oil from the wreck, reported by interim Prime Minister Garry Conille.
Nineteen victims with serious burns are being transferred to specialized hospitals in Port-au-Prince through a collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and Doctors Without Borders.

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Reuters

Haiti gas truck explosion kills 15, PM says

More than 15 people in western Haiti were killed after a gas tank truck exploded on Saturday, Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille said in a post on social media.

09/14/2024 7:42:00 p.m.·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Fuel truck explosion kills at least 15 people in Haiti

Haiti's prime minister says at least 15 people have been killed and 40 others seriously injured after a tanker truck carrying gasoline flipped over and exploded.

09/14/2024 6:25:22 p.m.·United States

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abc News

Fuel truck explosion kills at least 15 people in Haiti

Haiti's prime minister says at least 15 people have been killed and 40 others seriously injured after a tanker truck carrying gasoline flipped over and exploded

09/14/2024 6:25:21 p.m.·United States

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NZ Herald

Fuel truck explosion kills 25 in Haiti

A fuel truck has exploded on a road in Haiti’s southern peninsula, killing at least 25 people, according to local media, and leaving dozens of survivors with...

09/15/2024 4:07:03 a.m.·Auckland, New Zealand

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KIFI

Fuel truck explosion kills at least 15 people in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s prime minister says at least 15 people have been killed and 40 others seriously injured after a tanker truck carrying gasoline flipped over and exploded. Prime Minister Garry Conille provided the figures in an X post on Saturday. Radio Caraibes earlier reported that 17 people had been killed. Haiti’s hospitals are poorly equipped to treat victims of severe burns. The nation of 12 million people has also been …

09/14/2024 6:50:55 p.m.·Idaho Falls, United States

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Metro News

At least 15 dead and 40 injured after petrol tanker explodes

Haiti is already gripped with fuel shortages, even without petrol tankers exploding A petrol tanker explosion killed at least 15 people as they tried to retrieve oil from its wreck in Haiti. The Caribbean nation has been hit by fuel and food shortages that have driven people to desperate measures like eating biscuits made of mud to survive. When a truck transporting petrol overturned in Miragoane, a port city of 60,000 people in southern Haiti, …

09/14/2024 8:29:56 p.m.·London, United Kingdom

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