At least 16 people died and forty others were injured this Saturday in the southwest of Haiti during the burst of a tanker truck that was leaking fuel after the accident, the head of Civil Protection for the Nippes region, Fidel Nicolas, informed AFP.
According to witnessesthe burst occurred when the victims were trying to collect the fuel that the tanker truck was lost after it had an accident.
The injured were transferred to hospital from Sainte Thérèse to the port city of Miragoâne, about 100 kilometers from Port-au-Prince.
Emergency meeting
He prime minister interim, Garry Conille, called an emergency meeting due to the tragedyThe national head of Civil Protection, Emmanuel Pierre, told AFP.
The person in charge added that the injured in serious condition they will be transferred to others hospitals.
