Gasoline truck explodes in northern Haiti; over 40 killed: Report
Port-Au-Princ (Haiti), Dec 14: A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 40 people and injuring dozens of others, officials and news reports said Tuesday.
The blast occurred late Monday in the city of Cap-Haitien, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said, adding that he was devastated.
No further details were immediately available. Police didn't immediately return calls requesting information.
Le Nouvelliste newspaper reported that dozens have been hospitalized with injuries and that hospitals were seeking supplies.
We are overwhelmed, a person identified as Dr. Calhil Turenne told the paper.
Dave Larose, a civil engineer who works in Cap-Haitien, told The Associated Press that he was driving when he saw ambulances and a crowd of people gathered along a road around 1 a.m.
He said he observed how some people were using buckets to scoop up gasoline from the truck and the street to take back to their house. The explosion occurred as Haiti struggles with a severe shortage of fuel and spiraling gas prices.
It's terrible what our country has to go through Larose said.
Former Prime Minister Claude Joseph also mourned the victims, tweeting, I share the pain and sorrow of all the people."
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Air India flight makes emergency landing after engine shuts off midair
Bengaluru, Jan 7: A Delhi bound Air India flight made an emergency landing after one of its engines shuts off midair, sources in the airport said on Tuesday.
According to sources, the flight 2820 took off on Sunday evening at about 7 pm from the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.
It returned an hour later after circling over Bengaluru city for some time, the sources added.
"It happened day before yesterday. We don't have the technical details but the flight made an emergency landing," another source told PTI.
He also said that no untoward incident happened and all the passengers were safe.
