“I observed between 50 and 54 people burned alive at the site. It is impossible to identify them, “said Patrick Almonor, deputy mayor of Cap-Haitien, the second largest city in the country.
“A score” of homes in the surroundings also caught fire after the explosion, according to Almonor, which suggests a higher toll of victims.
“We are not yet able to give details about the number of victims inside the houses,” he added.
The vice mayor of the city explained to local media that a hundred people were trying to loot the truck at the time of the explosion, after the vehicle crashed in the central neighborhood of Pont Grand Bois et Samarie after midnight.
Haiti, the poorest country in Latin America, faces a severe fuel shortage as gangs monopolize part of the supply network.
The Justinien hospital, where many victims of the explosion were transferred, is overflowing with the flow of wounded, many of them in critical condition.
“We do not have the means to care for the many seriously burned people” who arrived, a hospital nurse told AFP. “I fear that we will not be able to save everyone,” he said.
Source From: Ambito
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