Chevron was slammed in the press for the accident, though the oil sheen was cleaned off the surface of the Atlantic in less than two weeks and no oil washed up on the famed Rio de Janeiro beaches.
Because of public radiation fears broadcast in the press after the Fukushima accident, Japan cut the limit in half hoping it would have a calming influence.
However, UN peacekeepers stationed in Haiti who arrived at the scene told the Associated Press that two babies had died in the accident but that 41 passengers had escaped to safety.
Mr. Swanton said authorities didn't yet know if the fire and the subsequent explosion was an accident or intentionally set, according to the Associated Press.