“It’s a horrible scene we’ve just witnessed,” Mr Coville said at Port-au-Prince airport’s tarmac, where some of the injured were arriving.
He vowed to do everything in his power to ensure the victims received the medical care they needed.
Emmanuel Pierre, head of Haiti’s civil protection agency, told the AFP news agency that the original death toll of 16 was later revised up when more bodies were found near the explosion site.
It is not the first time there have been multiple fatalities in Haiti due to a gas tanker explosion.
More than 60 people died following a similar incident in 2021.
Haiti has been undergoing a period of severe violence and instability, as the government battles violent gangs that have taken control of parts of the country.
Earlier this month, the Haitian authorities expanded a state of emergency.
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