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Related: About this forumBoat fire off Haiti kills at least 40 migrants, UN says
At least 40 migrants have died after the boat they were travelling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a United Nations agency says.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says 41 others were rescued by the Haitian Coast Guard.
The vessel was travelling from Cap-Haitien to the Turks and Caicos Islands, more than 220km (137 miles) away, the IOM said.
The exact cause of the fire is not yet clear, but a local official told Reuters that people on the boat were lighting candles in a ritual to ask for safe passage, leading gasoline-filled drums to catch fire.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cldy9k2v329o
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says 41 others were rescued by the Haitian Coast Guard.
The vessel was travelling from Cap-Haitien to the Turks and Caicos Islands, more than 220km (137 miles) away, the IOM said.
The exact cause of the fire is not yet clear, but a local official told Reuters that people on the boat were lighting candles in a ritual to ask for safe passage, leading gasoline-filled drums to catch fire.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cldy9k2v329o
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Boat fire off Haiti kills at least 40 migrants, UN says (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 20
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jimfields33
(17,887 posts)1. What???????
people on the boat were lighting candles in a ritual to ask for safe passage, leading gasoline-filled drums to catch fire.
flying_wahini
(7,630 posts)2. And the boat operators didn't make them stop?
Religion wins again. 😬
malaise
(274,649 posts)3. Horrific
Too sad
Judi Lynn
(161,794 posts)4. They were fleeing a monstrous place where they had suffered far too much already.
![](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/11/29/08/50/candlelights-1868525_1280.jpg)