Talk:Cap-Haïtien fuel tanker explosion

Free photo
We have a free photo of the location on Mapillary. - Eugεn  S¡m¡on  20:36, 14 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Added, thank you! Kellis7 16:33, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

What kind of fuel?
There are many kinds of fuels that can be transported in tanker trucks, and a good number of them can explode, but nowhere is the type that was in this truck mentioned. The only mention of a specific fuel is the passing reference to gasoline generators being used because of the country's lousy power grid. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 14:34, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I too wondered what type of fuel was involved. At present the WP article says "gasoline" but the cited source only mentions there is a gasoline shortage but does not state that the fuel for this incident was gasoline.


 * Gasoline typically does not explode and so I suspect they were dealing with a fire. The pictures of the scene from https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fuel-truck-explosion-haiti-kills-around-40-people-prime-minister-says-2021-12-14/ show evidence of a fire and no explosion. We don't know if the fuel was gasoline, diesel, kerosene, or something else. --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 02:15, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

A large fuel fire can look like an explosion if the fuel is running freely around. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Consensus1 (talk • contribs) 09:01, 18 December 2021 (UTC)