1801. Departure of the French expedition:
Part of several ports in France, the expedition led by General Leclerc, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, arrived at Saint Domingue at the beginning of the month
from February of the year 1802.
2021. Tragedy in Cap-Haïti: Explosion of a tanker truck carrying
fuel:
The tank truck driver allegedly tried to avoid a collision with a taxi, thereby losing control of his vehicle, which overturned. Of the inhabitants
then reportedly rushed towards the truck, despite the warnings of the
driver, to collect the fuel that had been missing for already a few months and
whose raise at the pump had been announced a week earlier. And it was
the two-part explosion.
The toll was heavy: 75 dead, 47 badly burned and 12 lightly burned and houses
Nearby, severely damaged. Not long ago, the death toll increased further.
with the death of about ten people seriously injured during the end of
week
As a reminder: Powerful armed bands had prevented the supply
fuel for weeks.