The injured are transported to hospital after explosion close to Miragoane in Haiti’s southern Nippes area, officers say.
Greater than 15 individuals have been killed and about 40 injured when a tanker truck leaking petrol exploded in southern Haiti, interim Prime Minister Garry Conille says.
Conille stated in a social media post that he had spoken to authorities within the area of Nippes, the place Saturday’s explosion happened. Civil safety crews and different officers have been mobilised.
“The federal government stands in solidarity with all of the victims and their households and plans evacuations by way of helicopter,” Conille wrote.
The blast occurred because the victims have been attempting to retrieve gasoline that was leaking from the truck, witnesses informed the AFP information company.
The injured have been transported to Sainte Therese Hospital within the port metropolis of Miragoane, about 100km (60 miles) west of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Emmanuel Pierre, nationwide head of Civil Safety, informed AFP victims in critical situation can be taken for therapy to different regional hospitals.
This isn’t the primary time that Haiti has seen a lethal tanker truck explosion in recent times.
In 2021, dozens of people were killed within the northern metropolis of Cap-Haitien when a truck derailed whereas attempting to keep away from a motorcycle.
The Caribbean nation additionally has handled periodic gasoline shortages, exacerbated by hovering gang violence that has gripped Port-au-Prince and different areas.
