Gasoline truck explodes in northern Haiti; dozens killed
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Officials in Haiti say a truck carrying gasoline has exploded and killed more than 40 people
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- 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.
“Three days of national mourning will be decreed throughout the territory, in memory of the victims of this tragedy that the entire Haitian nation is grieving,” he tweeted.
Henry said his administration was deploying field hospitals to the area to help those affected.
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