Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

At least 54 dead after gas tanker explodes in Haiti's second largest city
CNN ^ | December 14, 2021 | Etant Dupain,

Posted on 12/14/2021 5:52:07 AM PST by BenLurkin

Scores of people were killed late Monday after a tanker transporting gasoline exploded in Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second largest city, according to Haiti officials.

The death toll currently stands at 54, according to the local civil protection agency. Dozens more are injured and in hospital. Medical officials have issued a public appeal for blood donations, a civil protection agency spokesperson told CNN.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: explosion; gasoline; haiti

1 posted on 12/14/2021 5:52:07 AM PST by BenLurkin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkg_ws7mERc


2 posted on 12/14/2021 5:54:17 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Texas went dark last winter. WHat’s the difference.


3 posted on 12/14/2021 5:55:09 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Spent the summer of 1980 in that town. Sickness and poverty in abundance. Also beauty and tarantulas.


4 posted on 12/14/2021 6:15:11 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Not untypical of the Third World.

Unfortunately, the U.S. response will be to import as many of the ‘survivors’ as possible onto the U.S. welfare-for-life system.

Those pouring over the border will be deemed “fleeing poverty, crime and disaster” and lavished with benefits and perks.


5 posted on 12/14/2021 6:22:02 AM PST by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Haitians can’t catch a break.


6 posted on 12/14/2021 6:35:16 AM PST by moovova
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: moovova

59 dead now.


7 posted on 12/14/2021 6:36:47 AM PST by moovova
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

When there’s a fuel leak in the 3rd world, people don’t run away. They run to it with jerry cans in hopes of filling up.

Hard to fathom that level of poverty...


8 posted on 12/14/2021 6:40:04 AM PST by varyouga
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: varyouga

That’s exactly what happened.


9 posted on 12/14/2021 7:01:22 AM PST by jaydubya2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: moovova

***Haitians can’t catch a break.***

Well, according to their own version of their history they did sell their souls to the devil to throw off the French.


10 posted on 12/14/2021 7:15:17 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Still OUT of Facebook Jail! But I'm pushing it!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: varyouga

**They run to it with jerry cans in hopes of filling up.**

And then one of them lights up a smoke.


11 posted on 12/14/2021 7:16:43 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Still OUT of Facebook Jail! But I'm pushing it!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

12 posted on 12/14/2021 7:25:38 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (Let's go Brandon)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: varyouga

“When there’s a fuel leak in the 3rd world, people don’t run away. They run to it with jerry cans in hopes of filling up.”

Average IQ in Haiti: 67.

L


13 posted on 12/14/2021 7:29:28 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

RIP.


14 posted on 12/14/2021 7:48:21 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: varyouga

And we charitably do not ask how the ‘leak’ came to be.


15 posted on 12/14/2021 8:28:12 AM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: larrytown
It just never occurred to me until this report, but ....

How long has Haiti (and others, I suppose) been importing gasoline and we've never heard of such a disaster before ?

Have they been SO careful before that it is a fair guess they have/had safety pretty much down pat ..... and if so .... what happened THIS time ?

16 posted on 12/14/2021 11:08:23 AM PST by knarf (?<p>Little kids grow up to be adults that get into powerful positions and act out their thoughts.<pg)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson