At least 50 people were killed when a gas tanker exploded in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Tuesday morning, according to a local official, with overwhelmed local medics saying the toll was feared to rise. “I saw on the scene between 50 and 54 people burned alive,” Deputy Mayor Patrick Almonor said. “It is impossible to identify them.”Almonor also said “about 20” houses in the area were set ablaze by the explosion. “We can’t yet give details on the number of victims inside the houses,” he said. “I learned with sadness and emotion the terrible news of the explosion of a gas tanker last night in Cap-Haitien,” he tweeted.

Source: The Nation December 14, 2021 15:23 UTC