Haitian Firefighters

The Haitian government had decided it's time to enlarge the State University Hospital of Port-au-Prince (l'Hopital de l'Université d'Etat d'Haiti - HUEH) and construct a new building for the Haitian firefighters. To do that, 2 chunks of downtown Port-au-Prince have been taken over for public use (utilité publique).

Read this from Le Nouvelliste (translated from French):

The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers decided to reserve a part of the city center exclusively for the construction of two public buildings. By order of the Council of Ministers of Friday June 30, 2017, two perimeters within the commune of Port-au-Prince were declared of public utility.

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Port-au-Prince Haiti -- A big fire broke out at marché de la Croix-des-Bossales in downtown Port-au-Prince Sunday... The fire wiped out the area where used clothing (pèpè) section of the marketplace.

KREOL: GWO DIFE nan Mache Kwabosal, nan mache pèpè a, nan centreville Port-au-Prince Haiti ayè dimanche 19 Mars 2017 la.. Anpil machandiz ti machann yo boule...

According to news reports, Haitian firefighters were ill equipped to fight this fire.

There are no reports of any loss of life so far but lots of merchandise have been lost in the blaze.

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