A gasoline tanker overturned and exploded in Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti yesterday, killing at least 75 people, reports the Associated Press. Early reports indicate that the tanker was trying to avoid an oncoming motorcycle when it flipped. After the tanker flipped, people rushed to the scene with buckets to scoop up what they could of the tanker's valuable cargo -- 9,000 gallons of fuel in a country where an unreliable electricity grid forces most people to rely on generators. In recent months criminal gangs have blocked fuel deliveries, provoking severe shortages, reports the
Gas tanker explodes in Haiti (Dec. 15, 2021)
Gas tanker explodes in Haiti (Dec. 15, 2021)
Gas tanker explodes in Haiti (Dec. 15, 2021)
A gasoline tanker overturned and exploded in Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti yesterday, killing at least 75 people, reports the Associated Press. Early reports indicate that the tanker was trying to avoid an oncoming motorcycle when it flipped. After the tanker flipped, people rushed to the scene with buckets to scoop up what they could of the tanker's valuable cargo -- 9,000 gallons of fuel in a country where an unreliable electricity grid forces most people to rely on generators. In recent months criminal gangs have blocked fuel deliveries, provoking severe shortages, reports the