PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – At least 40 Haitian migrants were killed at sea after gasoline-filled drums on their boat caught fire and exploded, the Miami Herald reported on Friday, citing Haitian authorities.
The migrants had lit candles using matches in a ritual meant to offer them safe passage to the Turks and Caicos islands, Jean-Henry Petit, who heads the civil protection office in northern Haiti, told the Herald.
(Reporting by Harold Isaac; Editing by Anthony Esposito)
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