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Boat fire off Haiti kills at least 40 migrants, UN says [View all]
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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