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Haiti - FLASH : Tanker truck explosion, at least 64 victims (Video) 15/09/2024 06:08:16
The Civil Protection Directorate (DPC) of Nippes proceeded to the partial activation of the Departmental Emergency Operation Center (COUD) to ensure the coordination and control of operations The first provisional assessment of the Civil Protection of the Nippes region mentioned 16 deaths, but according to Emmanuel Pierre, National Director General of Civil Protection, other charred bodies were discovered Saturday evening near the site of the explosion, increasing the provisional assessment from 16 to 24 deaths. At least forty people were injured, half of them very seriously. 19 were severely burned, who were to be transferred to specialized hospitals in Port-au-Prince thanks to a flight co-organized by the Ministry of Public Health and Doctors Without Borders (MSF). But only 6 were able to be evacuated Saturday evening, Emmanuel Pierre said. The others, 80% burned, were untransportable and had to be treated on site, at the Sainte-Thérèse hospital in Miragoâne, explained Fidel Nicolas, head of Civil Protection for the Nippes region. At least 8 vehicles including 4 ambulances were available for evacuations. Other injured people were rushed to the Saint Boniface Hospital in Fonds des Blancs and the Immaculate Conception Hospital in Les Cayes and neighboring establishments... About twenty motorcycles and a car were reported to have been burned  Prime Minister Garry Conille convened an emergency meeting following this tragedy "I am truly sorry for the explosion of the gasoline tanker that occurred in Miragoâne. I am talking with the local authorities concerned in Nippes and mobilizing the General Directorate of Civil Protection, public health, social affairs to save the lives of the seriously injured," then he went to the scene of the tragedy where he declared "This is a horrible scene, what I have just witnessed," emphasizing the solidarity of the doctors in caring for the patients of the fire. Conille assured the families of the victims of his support and said he had instructed the Ministry of Public Health and other sectoral institutions to give the benefit of the emergency to the patients and victims of this tragedy. Reacting to this tragedy, Smith Augustin, Member of the Presidential Transitional Council, declared, "I am deeply dismayed by the tragedy that occurred in Miragoâne where the explosion of a tanker truck carrying fuel caused many losses of human life. and injured several people. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families. To all the injured, I wish a speedy recovery. The Haitian State is at the service of all the victims and their loved ones. It is urgent that security on our roads be strengthened." SL/ S/ TB/ HaitiLibre
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